Abagayle Kane, a sophomore at Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, finally decided to speak up at the school’s May board meeting after months of frustration.

As a member of the school’s journalism club, Kane had written dozens of articles without problems. But her latest work, hoping to highlight the work of academic advisors at the school, was cut from the club’s monthly electronic newspaper, called the PA Cyber Press. The censorship came after she refused to remove three paragraphs that noted the advisors had unionized and were bargaining for a new contract.

This was one of only a handful of times that a Pennsylvania school was reported to have censored a student this year and it comes at a time when cyber schools are under increasing scrutiny by Pennsylvania legislators for running thei

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