THE SCHOOL IN THE CLOUD

OUT 19 OCTOBER

Not as whimsical as it sounds, this doc nonetheless involves some blue-sky thinking: Professor Sugata Mitra’s notion that web-based schooling is the future. TED talks and classroom trials (contrasting education in England and India) flesh out Mitra’s ideas; dissenting voices, gender politics and the scene-stealing Cloud Grannies invigorate the debate.