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Pennsylvania Senate hopeful John Fetterman (D.) opposes vouchers that let children in failing public school districts attend private and charter schools. But the progressive champion, who lives in one of Pennsylvania’s worst performing school districts, sends his kids to an elite prep school. Fetterman’s kids attend the Winchester Thurston School in Pittsburgh, where parents pay up to $34,250 for a "dynamic" learning environment and an "innovative" approach to teaching. They would otherwise go to schools in Woodland Hills School District, where graduation rates are far below the state average. The local elementary school that serves Fetterman’s town of Braddock is...

Suspect Arrested In Assault On Radio Reporter Outside School POSTED: 6:42 pm PDT September 21, 2006 UPDATED: 7:08 pm PDT September 21, 2006 Email This Story | Print This Story Sign Up for Breaking News Alerts BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. -- A man accused of assaulting a radio reporter who was investigating a charter school in Boyle Heights was arrested Thursday, police said. Ramon Flores, 31, was taken into custody during a traffic stop near Boyle and Eighth streets in Boyle Heights about 8:15 a.m., said Lt. Paul Vernon of the Los Angeles Police Department. ABC radio reporter Sandy Wells had...