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The Online School for Girls will begihn offering coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the springy 2010 semester spanning math, science and the Students at the member schools will take the classesd and evaluate them as a piloyt run. One initial calculus class will be taught by Harpetgh Hall math teacher Jennifer The other schools in the group are the in the in Ohio andin Connecticut, all with tuitiobn ranging from about $20,000 to $40,000 per year.
Ann the head of Harpetbh Hall, says the goal of the online school is to provid a rigorous education in an online setting thatis flexible, affordablr and accessible to girls around the She says the curriculum will be expandeds in coming years. The effort reflects how rapidlyt online education is being adopted in even the most exclusivew enclaves of private education as schools utilizw the Internet to foster a global worldview in their studentz and diversify thelearning experience.
More than 1 million secondaryg school students took an online course and students at 70 percent of high schools enrolled in one duringthe 2007-2008 school year, according to “K-12 Online Learning: A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. School District Administrators.” The report also finds schools in 44 statesd are creating onlinesecondary schools. However, the Onlined School for Girls will be the firstonline same-sex school. At the graduatse level, Harvard, Duke and otherr exclusive universities now offer severaplspecialized master’s degrees for which the coursework can be taken mostly online.
They are aimedf at professionals who wish to enhance theire credentials to advance intheir careers. Karej Douse, Harpeth Hall’s library and information services says online education is rapidlybecominf “a cornerstone of the educationalp experience.”
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