Vestal: Idaho’s virtual ed doesn’t work

Idaho education officials have been wondering why the state’s graduation rate was so poor, dropping in recent years to one of the nation’s lowest. Now it appears part of the problem is one of the state’s supposed education “solutions” – its virtual schooling, which it has outsourced to a corporation with a controversial record of elevating profits over teaching. Officials in the Gem State were surprised and appalled by new federal statistics showing four-year graduation rates for virtual students in the state at 20 percent/ Shawn Vestal , SR. More here.

DFO: Can someone tell me if the link above works? Or do you run in an SR pay wall?

Question: What changes should be made to Idaho’s virtual education system, if it is only graduating one in five high school students?