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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Helena Pozniak

YOU WONT BELIEVE: I m so excited we can do school differently how online education really works - What They Never Told You

Schoolgirl, writing down notes in her notebook, while carefully following the online class via video call on her laptop
Despite being online, lessons are live and interactive. Photograph: SrdjanPav/Getty Images

With all the usual hubbub, the school day begins – pupils chat as they file in and teachers welcome them before everyone knuckles down to work. During breaks, young people might play on swings, sit on the friendship bench, or just hang out together in the playground.

But this is school with a difference – students are switching on their cameras and logging in from around the world. They are learning at King’s InterHigh – an online school for children and young adults aged seven to 19 (the playground and friendship bench are virtual).

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