Erica Stanford: Education Minister on the decision to scrap open plan classrooms

The Education Minister's stressing schools can still be flexible as the Government pulls the plug on open plan classrooms.  It was introduced by John Key's Government in 2011.  Erica Stanford announced yesterday all new builds will now have more traditional layouts.  She told Kerre Woodham there are good examples in the best modern learning environments.  She’s also looking into helping fund schools to modify existing open-plan rooms.  Stanford told Woodham she's tasking the school property agency to look into ways to help schools revert their teaching spaces.  In the meantime, she says, schools have five year property budgets, with a category for classroom modifications they can use.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.