Editor’s note: This is the first story in a series of upcoming stories by PennLive titled “Virtual Dominance: How a cyber charter school has upended K-12 education in Pa.” The series is an investigation into the causes and consequences of the unprecedented growth of Commonwealth Charter Academy–Pa.’s fastest growing school.
The oldest and largest cyber charter school in Pennsylvania, PA Cyber, enrolled 10,000 students six years ago. But its status as the biggest school abruptly came to an end soon after commonwealth officials persuaded it to agree to an enrollment cap.