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The Online School for Girls will begin offeringv coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the springb 2010 semester spanning science and the humanities. Studente at the member schools will take the classes and evaluate them as apilott run. One initial calculus class will be taught by Harpeth Hall math teacherfJennifer Webster. The other schools in the groulp are the in the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging fromabout $20,000 to $40,000 per Ann Teaff, the head of Harpeth says the goal of the online schookl is to provide a rigorouzs education in an online settingg that is flexible, affordable and accessible to girls around the She says the curriculukm will be expanded in coming The effort reflects how rapidlty online education is being adoptef in even the most exclusive enclaves of private educatiom as schools utilize the Internet to foster a globa l worldview in their students a nd diversift the learning experience.
More than 1 milliojn secondary school students took an onlinw course and students at 70 percenr of high schools enrolled in one duringthe 2007-2008 school year, according to “K-12 Online A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. School Districgt Administrators.” The report also finds schools in 44 statese are creating onlinesecondary However, the Online School for Girls will be the first online same-sex school. At the graduate level, Harvard, Duke and other exclusivse universities now offer severalspecialized master’s degreeds for which the coursework can be take n mostly online.
They are aimed at professionalx who wish to enhancwe their credentials to advance intheir careers. Kare Douse, Harpeth Hall’s library and information services says online education is rapidlybecominy “a cornerstone of the educationa experience.”
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