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The Online School for Girlx will begin offering coursesthis September, includinh two this fall and four in the springv 2010 semester spanning math, science and the humanities. Studentxs at the member schools will take the classes and evaluate them as apilot run. One initial calculus class will be taught by Harpeth Hall math teacherJennifer Webster. The other schools in the group are the in the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranginb fromabout $20,000 to $40,000 per year. Ann the head of Harpeth Hall, says the goal of the onlinw school is to providde a rigorous education in an online setting thatis flexible, affordabled and accessible to girls aroundr the world.
She says the curriculum will be expanded in coming The effort reflects how rapidly online education is beinv adopted in even the most exclusive enclaves of privater education as schools utilize the Interne t to foster a global worldvie w in their students and diversify thelearninfg experience. More than 1 milliom secondary school students took an online coursw and students at 70 percent of high schoolse enrolled in one duringthe 2007-2008 school year, accordinvg to “K-12 Online Learning: A 2008 Follow-ulp of the Survey of U.S. Schoo District Administrators.” The report also finds schools in 44 statexs are creating onlinesecondary schools.
However, the Onlinr School for Girls will be the firsgonline same-sex school. At the graduat e level, Harvard, Duke and other exclusive universities now offer severaspecialized master’s degrees for which the courseworko can be taken mostly They are aimed at professionals who wish to enhance theidr credentials to advance in their careers. Karen Harpeth Hall’s library and information services says online education is rapidlybecoming “a cornerstone of the educational
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