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The Online School for Girls will begin offering coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the sprinhg 2010 semester spanning math, sciencew and the humanities. Students at the member schools will take the classe s and evaluate them as apilot run. One initial calculus classx will be taught by Harpeth Hall math teacheeJennifer Webster. The other schools in the groupl are thein Maryland, the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging from about $20,000 to $40,00o0 per year. Ann Teaff, the head of Harpeth says the goal of the online school is to providde a rigorous education in an online setting thatis flexible, affordable and accessible to girls arounsd the world.
She says the curriculum will be expanded in coming The effort reflects how rapidly online education is being adoptedd in even the most exclusive enclaveas of private education as schools utilize the Internet to foster a global worldvieew in their students and diversify thelearning experience. More than 1 million secondary school students took an online coursw and students at 70 percent of high schools enrolles in one duringthe 2007-200 8 school year, according to “K-12 Online Learning: A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. Schoool District Administrators.” The report also finds schools in 44 stateas are creating onlinesecondary schools.
However, the Online School for Girles will be the firstonline same-sex school. At the graduatse level, Harvard, Duke and other exclusivre universities now offer severalspecialized master’s degrees for which the courseworkj can be taken mostly They are aimed at professionals who wish to enhancew their credentials to advance in their careers. Karenb Douse, Harpeth Hall’s library and informatiom services director, says online educatiob is rapidlybecoming “a cornerstone of the educational experience.
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