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The Online School for Girls will begin offeringb coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the sprinf 2010 semester spanning math, science and the humanities. Studentxs at the member schools will take the classeas and evaluate them as apilot run. One initial calculuz class will be taught by Harpeth Hall math teache rJennifer Webster. The othe schools in the group are the in the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging fromabout $20,000 to $40,000 per year.
Ann Teaff, the head of Harpethb Hall, says the goal of the onliner school is to provide a rigorous education in an online setting that is affordable and accessible to girls around the She says the curriculum will be expanded incoming years. The effort reflects how rapidly onlinre education is being adopted in even the most exclusivwe enclaves of private education as schoolzs utilize the Internet to foster a global worldview in their students and diversify thelearning experience.
More than 1 milliobn secondary school students took an onlined course and students at 70 percent of high schoold enrolled in one duringthe 2007-2008 school year, according to “K-12 Onlinwe Learning: A 2008 Follow-upo of the Survey of U.S. School District The report also finds schools in 44 states are creatingg onlinesecondary schools. However, the Onlinde School for Girls will be the firstonlinr same-sex school. At the graduate level, Duke and other exclusive universities now offee severalspecialized master’s degrees for which the courseworki can be taken mostly online. They are aimed at professionalse who wish to enhance their credentials to advancd intheir careers.
Karen Harpeth Hall’s library and information servicees director, says online education is rapidlyubecoming “a cornerstone of the educational
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