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The Online School for Girls will begin offeringh coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the sprin g 2010 semester spanning science and the humanities. Students at the member schoolz will take the classes and evaluate them as apilot run. One initial calculus class will be taughrt by Harpeth Hall math teacherJennifer Webster. The othere schools in the groupl are thein Maryland, the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging from aboug $20,000 to $40,000 per year.
Ann Teaff, the head of Harpethn Hall, says the goal of the online schoolk is to provide a rigorous education in an onlinse setting thatis flexible, affordablew and accessible to girls around the She says the curriculum will be expanded in coming The effort reflects how rapidly online education is beinfg adopted in even the most exclusivs enclaves of private education as schools utilize the Internet to fostef a global worldview in their students and diversifyt the learning experience.
More than 1 milliob secondary school students took an onlinde course and students at 70 percent of high schools enrolled in one durintgthe 2007-2008 school year, according to “K-12 Online A 2008 Follow-up of the Survety of U.S. School District The report also finds schools in 44 states are creatinyg onlinesecondary schools. However, the Online Schoolo for Girls will be the firstonline same-sed school. At the graduate level, Duke and other exclusive universities now offetr severalspecialized master’s degrees for which the courseworjk can be taken mostly online. They are aimer at professionals who wish to enhancse their credentials to advance intheifr careers.
Karen Douse, Harpeth Hall’s library and informationh services director, says onlined education is rapidlybecominf “a cornerstone of the educationalp experience.”