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Editor’s note: This is the eighth 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 ...

Commonwealth Charter Academy is the most successful education organization that most Pa. residents had never heard about — until recently. The cyber charter school is larger than any K-12 district in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cyber charter school that operates statewide plans to open a new location on Montage Mountain next year. Commonwealth Charter ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part series comparing cyber charter school finances with traditional public schools. In Part I, PennLive looked at how cyber charters are funded. Cyber ...

Commonwealth Charter Academy's (CCA) TechWorks campus in Homestead near Pittsburgh. CCA has tried to differentiate itself from some competitors by building its own learning software, edio, and ...

The state Senate Education Committee advanced two bills last week that will place new regulations on cyber-charter education. Together, the bills impose new school district residency-check and ...

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

A cyber charter school that operates statewide plans to open a new location on Montage Mountain next year. Commonwealth Charter Academy began construction work at its recently purchased three-story ...