(BOWLING GREEN, KY) – A new Policy Point released today by the Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky’s free-market think tank, reports that virtual learning programs allowing gifted students to surge ahead and those at risk of dropping out to catch up and remain on the road to graduation suffer from a lack of marketing.

According to “Virtual schooling in Kentucky: Great promise with challenges,” the Kentucky Virtual High School (KVHS) offers 70 different courses ranging from Advanced Placement material to remedial courses yet served only 1,839 students in full-time courses during the 2007-08 school year.

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