Fully funded public education must include cyber charters

Originally published at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

When a parent says that a public school isn’t what it used to be, the implication is usually bad.

But for Brenda Jesky, a Latrobe mother of three, that’s not the case.

Her daughter Maddy — who has high-functioning autism — struggled with learning in both public and private traditional schools. Choosing Agora Cyber Charter School three years ago was the family “game-changer.”

“If you told me before Agora that Maddy would be graduating in 2025, I would have thought you were crazy,” says Jesky. “The path with brick-and-mortar school would have most likely had her dropping out at age 16. But here we are, on track for graduation.”

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