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The tension between charter school advocates and those who support traditional schools often comes down to money. Charters are public and funded by tax…
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Every day at Urban Academy Charter School in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood begins with students, teachers, support staff and administrators gathered…
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Fourth grade students at Propel Hazelwood gathered in a circle around another student summarizing a class text. As she spoke, each student gave her a…
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Just a few months after Pennsylvania approved its charter school law, a trailblazing Pittsburgh Public educator stood in front of the school board on a…
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Fae Kenney is considering moving her children to a charter school.Her children are in the McKeesport Area School District. She said when they come home at…
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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…