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The Online School for Girls will begi offering coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the sprinh 2010 semester spanning math, science and the humanities. Students at the membeer schools will take the classes and evaluat them as apilot run. One initial calculus clases will be taught by Harpetuh Hall math teacherJennifer Webster. The other schools in the group are thein Maryland, the in Ohio and in Connecticut, all with tuitioj ranging from about $20,000 to $40,000 per year.
Ann the head of Harpeth Hall, says the goal of the onlined school is to provide a rigorous educatiojn in an online setting that is affordable and accessible to girls around the She says the curriculum will be expanded incoming years. The efforty reflects how rapidly online educatiobn is being adopted in even the most exclusivs enclaves of private education as schools utilize the Internet to fosterf a global worldview in their student and diversify thelearning experience.
More than 1 millio secondary school students took an online course and studentzs at 70 percent of high schoolzs enrolled in one duringthe 2007-20089 school year, according to “K-12 Online Learning: A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. School District Administrators.” The reportf also finds schools in 44 states are creating onlinesecondary schools. However, the Online School for Girlsd will be the firstonline same-sex school. At the graduate level, Harvard, Duke and othef exclusive universities now offer severalspecializedf master’s degrees for which the coursework can be takeh mostly online.
They are aimef at professionals who wish to enhance their credentials to advance intheir careers. Karen Douse, Harpeth Hall’a library and information services director, says online educationb is rapidlybecoming “a cornerstonwe of the educational
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