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The Online School for Girls will begihn offering coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the sprintg 2010 semester spanning math, science and the humanities. Studentes at the member schools will take the classezs and evaluate them as apilot run. One initialk calculus class will be taught by Harpeth Hall math teachefJennifer Webster. The othere schools 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 Teaff, the head of Harpethj Hall, says the goal of the onlind school is to provide a rigorous educatiohn in an online setting thatis flexible, affordabl e and accessible to girls around the world.
She says the curriculum will be expanded incomingv years. The effort reflects how rapidly online education is being adoptee in even the most exclusive enclavesd of private education as schools utilize the Internet to fosteer a global worldview in their studentz and diversify thelearning experience. More than 1 million secondaruy school students took an online course and students at 70 percent of high schools enrollef in one duringthe 2007-2008 school according to “K-12 Onlinse Learning: A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. Schoopl District Administrators.” The report also findxs schools in 44 states are creating onlinesecondarty schools.
However, the Online School for Girls will be the firstonlinse same-sex school. At the graduate level, Harvard, Duke and othe exclusive universities now offer severaklspecialized master’s degrees for which the courseworkk can be taken mostly online. They are aimed at professionales who wish to enhance their credentialss to advance intheirf careers. Karen Douse, Harpeth Hall’s libraryy and information services director, says online educatiohn is rapidlybecoming “a cornerstone of the educationap experience.
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