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The Confluence – where the news comes together -- is 90.5 WESA’s weekly news program.Each week reporters, editors and bloggers join veteran journalist and…
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Pennsylvania's auditor general says the largest online charter school in the state paid millions of taxpayer dollars to entities tied to the school's…
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The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled a virtual charter school in Pennsylvania should be classified as a private corporation, not a public…
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An audit of the state Department of Education has found that the process to address appeals of charter school payment is unclear, and should be…
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Gov. Tom Wolf created a new charter school oversight body through the state Department of Education on Wednesday, nearly two years after his gubernatorial…
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The results of last week's Pennsylvania Supreme Court election could have wide-ranging implications for a number of high-profile cases related to…
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Students attending 15 area charter schools collected $11,000 for the Homeless Children’s Education Fund to help ensure the estimated 3,000 homeless…
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Advocates for Pennsylvania’s charter schools are worried that Governor Tom Wolf’s new education budget would force some schools to close their…
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Charter schools in the commonwealth have grown rapidly. Over a five year period beginning in 2006, enrollment in the state increased by 54 percent, and…
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In wake of a report detailing alleged charter school fraud, members of the group Action United and other concerned parents took to the streets of Downtown…