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The Online School for Girla will begin offering courses this including two this fall and four in the sprinbg 2010 semester spanning science andthe humanities. Students at the membee schools will take the classes and evaluatee them as apilot run. One initial calculus class will be taught by Harpeth Hall math teachedrJennifer Webster. The other schools in the grou p are thein Maryland, the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging from about $20,000 to $40,0000 per year. Ann Teaff, the head of Harpetb Hall, says the goal of the onlinr school is to provide a rigorousz education in an onlinr setting thatis flexible, affordable and accessible to girls aroundx the world.
She says the curriculum will be expanded incoming years. The efforg reflects how rapidly online educatiohn is being adopted in even the most exclusivs enclaves of private education as schoolx utilize the Internet to foster a global worldvie w in their students and diversify the learning More than 1 milliojn secondary school students took an online cours and students at 70 percent of high schoole enrolled in one duringthe 2007-2008 schoolk year, according to “K-12 Onlind Learning: A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. School District Administrators.” The report also finds schoolse in 44 states are creating onlinesecondary schools.
the Online School for Girls will be the firsonline same-sex school. At the graduate level, Harvard, Duke and othee exclusive universities now offer several specialized master’s degrees for which the coursework can be taken mostlty online. They are aimed at professionals who wish to enhance theie credentials to advance intheir careers. Karenj Douse, Harpeth Hall’s librarhy and information services says online education is rapidlybecoming “a cornerstone of the educational experience.
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