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The digital divide – Lucy Huelin, classics teacher

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    • “You need a level of technology to be able to access the learning,” says Lucy Huelin, classics teacher at Bootham School. She also teaches Latin to 26 students from a range of schools, entirely online, as part of the York Independent and State Schools Partnership (ISSP) and discusses how ISSP has ensured that the students have the microphones and other tech they need to learn.

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