Prominent Christchurch school ditches open-plan classrooms for the traditional model | Stuff.co.nz

One of Christchurch’s biggest boys’ schools has scrapped open-plan learning and gone back to traditional classrooms. The principal of Shirley Boys’ High School says he’s never heard a good word about open-plan setups in secondary schools, and he believes they've been dragging down student achievement. Senior reporter Juliet Speedy has the story. | Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB Read more: For full coverage visit www.Stuff.co.nz Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff is New Zealand's largest and most popular news site. With more than 500 journalists spread from Northland to Southland, we cover breaking news, politics, business, sport, crime, the environment, health, education, home and property, food, lifestyle, entertainment, weather, travel, technology, motoring, farming and much more. As well as covering the stories of the day, we specialise in investigative journalism, opinion and analysis, and long-form writing and visual storytelling. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social media channels: TikTok:   / nzstuff   Twitter:   / nzstuff