I learned the other day that a standard drum kit is used in music schools
I've never played drums, at least not in the form of a drum kit.
Me neither - the kit is just basically a collection of drums on a stand played by a single person.
Is the standard drum kit the kind you see used by rock bands?
Yes, I believe so, some are just acoustic and some are entirely electronic.
Do you know how an entirely electronic set of drums works?
Only that if they are all electronic, the scoring and positioning is the same.
Do you play them with normal drum sticks?