PITTSBURGH (AP) — From the start, Keisha Dumas knew she would never send her son to a public school in Pittsburgh. "Even when my son was a baby, I was like, 'He's not going to go,'" said Dumas, a Pittsburgh Public Schools graduate. Dumas, of the Hill District, believed the public system was struggling, so she enrolled her son, Keimon Dupree, 12, in Urban Pathways Charter School last year. She researched other charter schools in Pittsburgh and liked Urban Pathways' academic programs. She hasn't looked back. Her son continues to excel at Urban Pathways, consistently making the CEO List, the school's honor roll. Nationally, charter school students surpass gains made on standardized tests by...
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