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The Online School for Girls will begin offerinyg coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the spring 2010 semester spanning math, science and the humanities. Students at the membetr schools will take the classes and evaluate them as apiloyt run. One initial calculus class will be taughtf by Harpeth Hall math teacherJennifer Webster. The other schools in the grouo are thein Maryland, the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging from abour $20,000 to $40,000 per year. Ann the head of Harpeth Hall, says the goal of the onlind school is to providr a rigorous education in an onlin setting thatis flexible, affordable and accessiblse to girls around the world.
She says the curriculukm will be expanded in coming The effort reflects how rapidly online education is beinb adopted in even the most exclusive enclaves of private education as schoolw utilize the Internet to foster a global worldviewa in their students and diversify the learning More than 1 million secondary school students took an onlinee course and students at 70 percent of high schools enrolled in one duringthe 2007-2008i school year, according to “K-12 Online A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. Schooll District Administrators.” The report also findss schools in 44 states are creatintg onlinesecondary schools.
However, the Online School for Girls will be the first online same-sex school. At the graduater level, Harvard, Duke and othef exclusive universities now offer severalspecialized master’s degrees for which the coursework can be taken mostly They are aimed at professionals who wish to enhancw their credentials to advance in their careers. Karem Douse, Harpeth Hall’s library and information servicese director, says online education is rapidlybecominfg “a cornerstone of the educational
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