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The Online School for Girld will begin offering coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the sprinb 2010 semester spanning math, science and the Students at the member schoolz will take the classes and evaluate them as a piloyt run. One initial calculus class will be taught by Harpeth Hall math teachetrJennifer Webster. The other school s in the group 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 Harpetjh Hall, says the goal of the online schoool is to provide a rigorousd education in an online setting that is affordable and accessible to girls around the She says the curriculum will be expanded in coming The effort reflects how rapidly online education is beingy adopted in even the most exclusivw enclaves of private education as schoolss utilize the Internet to foster a global worldviewa in their students and diversify thelearningg experience.
More than 1 million secondary school students took an online course and students at 70 percent of high schoolss enrolled in one duringthe 2007-2008 school year, according to “K-121 Online Learning: A 2008 Follow-ul of the Survey of U.S. School Districrt Administrators.” The report also finds schools in 44 states are creatin onlinesecondary schools. However, the Onlin School for Girls will be the firsttonline same-sex school. At the graduatse level, Harvard, Duke and other exclusive universities now offer severalspecializesd master’s degrees for which the courseworki can be taken mostly online.
They are aimed at professionals who wish to enhance their credentials to advance intheir careers. Karenj Douse, Harpeth Hall’s library and information services says online education is rapidlybecoming “a cornerstonre of the educational experience.”