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Ex-workers claim cyber-charter operator manipulated enrollment figures | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

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Ex-workers claim cyber-charter operator manipulated enrollment figures

By Benjamin Herold for NewsWorks, a Notebook news partner
Dozens of former employees claim that K12 Inc, a for-profit education company, used dubious and sometimes fraudulent tactics to mask astronomical rates of student turnover in its national network of cyber charter schools.
K12 manages Agora, the second largest cyber charter in Pennsylvania. The company is also involved in pending applications to open two new cybers in the state. The Pennsylvania Department of Education is expected to decide on the proposals later this month.
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