Question

“Virtual schools were growing quite quickly,” said Christina Martin, a policy analyst at the Cascade Policy Institute, a free-market think tank based in Portland, Ore. . . .The big issue, she said, was fairness. Some students have access to virtual schools because they have a learning coach to stay home with them, while others don’t. Also, Internet connections can be costly, and not every family has one. And families have to pay for their own printing. . . . “An adult must stay with a child during the day and make sure they’re doing their work.” This information would best support a claim about students’ need for personal coaches. Internet supervision. high-tech gadgets. equal access to technology.

Answer 1

Answer:

This information would best support a claim about students’ need for equal access to technology.

Explanation:

These lines introduce the idea that not all the students can have the benefits that technology can provide to their learning process in order to improve their development as students, then it is mention that it is important to give access to the same kind of tools to all the people especially to the ones that can not afford it.

Answer 2

The best answer is D) equal access to technology. 

The analyst is making the point that a student's success in virtual schools was largely dependent on the student's aspect to significant tech resources, such as internet connection.