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The Online School for Girlse will begin offering coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the spring 2010 semester spanning math, science and the humanities. Students at the membe r schools will take the classes and evaluate them as apilot run. One initial calculusw class will be taught by Harpeth Hall math teachefJennifer Webster. The other schoolds in the group are thein Maryland, the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging from aboutf $20,000 to $40,000 per year. Ann the head of Harpeth Hall, says the goal of the onlin e school is to provide a rigorous education in an online setting thatis flexible, affordable and accessible to girla around the world.
She says the curriculum will be expanded incominyg years. The effort reflects how rapidly onlins education is being adopted in even the most exclusivee enclaves of private educationh as schools utilize the Internet to foster a globaol worldview in their studentz and diversify thelearning experience. More than 1 million secondaruy school students took an online course and students at 70 perceng of high schools enrollesd in one duringthe 2007-2008 school according to “K-12 Online Learning: A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. Schoopl District Administrators.” The report also finds schools in 44 states are creatinv onlinesecondary schools.
However, the Online School for Girles will be the firstonline same-sex school. At the graduatwe level, Harvard, Duke and other exclusivs universities now offer severalspecialized master’s degrees for which the coursework can be taken mostl y online. They are aimed at professionals who wish to enhanc their credentials to advancd intheir careers. Karen Harpeth Hall’s library and informationn services director, says online education is rapidlybecomingb “a cornerstone of the educational
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