It was never going to work. To my certain knowledge, open-outcry, large open shared space classrooms have been tried before and in every instance, failed. Educational theorists just won't let it go. Children do not learn in these environments, so it's good to finally see some commonsense returning:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/567106/government-shuts-the-door-on-open-plan-classrooms
She said the big open spaces were too noisy and distracting for many children, and they would learn better in individual classrooms.
"My message to parents is that your children will be learning in single-cell classrooms that are modular so there will be open-and-close sliding doors that will allow for those classrooms to become bigger for when events require," she said.
"But when they are learning using explicit teaching, the new curriculum, the new maths books they will be learning in single-cell classrooms."
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