Opponents of Schweyer’s House Bill 2602, questioned his motive and rejected his explanation that the cyber student safety ...

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Cyber charter school officials say the reforms from the 2025-26 state budget have caused schools to lose funding and prevent ...

Greg Egnor, Burrell School District’s director of Student Services, wants to change the district’s relationship with the 27 families that live within Burrell’s boundary lines but elect to send their ...

Editor’s note: This is the seventh story in a series titled “Virtual Dominance: How a cyber charter school has upended K-12 education in Pa.” The series investigates the causes and consequences of the ...

Six months have passed since the Pennsylvania legislature barred habitually truant students from being able to transfer to a cyber charter school. The change was one of several new requirements for ...

(TNS) — PennLive Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part series comparing cyber charter school finances with traditional public schools. Cyber charter schools spend more money educating ...

Commonwealth Charter Academy’s building in Harrisburg. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s largest cyber charter school says it is “unreasonable” to expect its staff to see and hear from all students weekly, ...