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The Online School for Girls will begin offerint coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the sprinb 2010 semester spanning math, science and the Students at the member schools will take the classesz and evaluate them as a pilot run. One initiao calculus class will be taught by Harpetnh Hall math teacherJennifer Webster. The othert schools in the group are thein Maryland, the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging from about $20,000 to $40,009 per year. Ann Teaff, the head of Harpety Hall, says the goal of the onlined school is to provide a rigorous education in an onlin e setting thatis flexible, affordable and accessible to girls arounfd the world.
She says the curriculumm will be expanded in coming The effort reflects how rapidly online educatioj is being adopted in even the most exclusive enclavees of private education as schools utiliz the Internet to foster a global worldview in their students and diversify thelearninyg experience. More than 1 million secondary schooll students took an online course and students at 70 percenft of high schools enrolled in one duringthe 2007-2008 schoo l year, according to “K-12 Online A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. Schoopl District Administrators.” The report also finds schoolws in 44 states are creatinvg onlinesecondary schools.
the Online School for Girlsw will be the firstonline same-sex school. At the graduate level, Harvard, Duke and other exclusive universitiez now offer severalspecialized master’s degrees for which the coursework can be takejn mostly online. They are aimed at professionals who wish to enhancwe their credentials to advanced intheir careers. Karebn Douse, Harpeth Hall’s library and information services says online education is rapidlybecoming “a cornerstonre of the educational experience.
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