Which statements are supported by the article and reinforce an argument for online learning?

1 Online learning can lower the dropout rate.

2 Online learning can provide an alternative to high school enrollment.

3 Online learning prevents students from being disruptive.

4 Online learning draws new students.

5 Online learning can lead to increased state funding.

6 Online learning boosts SAT scores.


Some districts and states are embracing online learning as a so-called “disruptive innovation,” in which difficult circumstances force organizations to use tactics that go against traditional approaches or transform them. In the Detroit area, for instance, a local district with a high dropout rate and declining enrollment opened a cyber high school, which is aimed at helping lure dropouts and at-risk students into the district and get them back on track to graduate. The new virtual program has helped draw in new students, increasing enrollment and the state funding that follows students.

—Education Week: A Special Report on the Emerging Policy Debates in Virtual Education, Kevin Bushweller

From Works Cited Page:

Bushweller, Kevin. Education Week: A Special Report on the Emerging Policy Debates in Virtual Education. 28 April 2010. S3. Print.