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Coronavirus has shed more light on cyber charter failures | Opinion

After 20 years, it is well past time for Pennsylvania's legislature to act on cyber charter school funding reform.

A seventh grader types on his personal computer during a cyber class at Peirce Middle School in West Chester, Pa., on Jan. 21, 2020. West Chester is launching a new cyber school program next year in an attempt to bring students back into the district from cyber charters, and coronavirus has pushed many other brick-and-mortar schools to offer digital education options as well.
A seventh grader types on his personal computer during a cyber class at Peirce Middle School in West Chester, Pa., on Jan. 21, 2020. West Chester is launching a new cyber school program next year in an attempt to bring students back into the district from cyber charters, and coronavirus has pushed many other brick-and-mortar schools to offer digital education options as well.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer