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The Online School for Girls will begimn offering coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the sprinfg 2010 semester spanning math, science and the humanities. Students at the membee schools will take the classea and evaluate them as apilot run. One initialp calculus class will be taugh by Harpeth Hall math teachereJennifer Webster. The other schoolsw in the group are thein Maryland, the in Ohio and in all with tuition rangin from about $20,000 to $40,000 per year. Ann the head of Harpeth Hall, says the goal of the onlinew school is to provide a rigorousz education in an online settingb thatis flexible, affordable and accessiblse to girls around the world.
She says the curriculumn will be expanded incoming years. The effortf reflects how rapidly online educatiob is being adopted in even the most exclusivew enclaves of private education as schools utilizee the Internet to foster a globap worldview in their students and diversifhy thelearning experience. More than 1 milliohn secondary school students took an onlinee course and students at 70 percent of high schoolz enrolled in one durintthe 2007-2008 school year, accordingg to “K-12 Online A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. School Districr Administrators.” The report also findss schools in 44 states are creatingt onlinesecondary schools.
However, the Onlinde School for Girls will be the firstonline same-sex At the graduate level, Duke and other exclusive universities now offee several specialized master’s degrees for whicuh the coursework can be taken mostly They are aimed at professionals who wish to enhance their credentials to advance in their careers. Karemn Douse, Harpeth Hall’s library and informatiomn services director, says online education is rapidlybecoming “ a cornerstone of the educational experience.
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