Recently Austin is discussing and planning to implement
collaboration between charter schools and public schools. They are the second
school to receive $100,000 towards this newly invented project. This is
something that in that past hasn't been done or even thought about. Charter
schools til recently were going to be obsolete. I agree with the author of this
editorial in the sense that it will help the success of children graduating and
moving towards a higher education.
”Responsive Education Solutions, a Dallas-based operation that runs
charter schools throughout the state, will run a dropout recovery program in Austin's
Lanier and Travis high schools."At the end of the day, I really want to
see more kids graduate," said Meria Carstarphen, Austin school district
superintendent”. That’s a direct quote both from the author and Meria
Carstaphen. I think the collaboration won’t happen over night, however I do
think that working towards a similar education can and will allow certain cross
teaching and or a better teaching system. This $100,000 fund also puts AISD andAustin Charter schools in the running for and even bigger purse of $7 million
dollars. The demograph that the author is targeting is really both sides of the spectrum, parents, teachers, along with charter and public schools to show a new perspective to both sides that as long as you have the same future in mind (students graduating) that anything is possible.
This new collaboration will allow new and innovative ideas between the two different schoolings. At the end of the day, with this new collaboration, the main goal is to increase the number of students who graduate and move on to higher education. No more competing against each other, rather, working towards the same future.