Open-plan classrooms are trendy but there is little evidence to show they help students learn

Anika Stobart, Jordana Hunter and Brigette Garbin

By Anika Stobart, Jordana Hunter and Brigette Garbin
Community contribution / February 13, 2023

If you step into a newly built school these days, chances are you will see classrooms that look very different to the classrooms most of us spent our school years in as children.

On a recent visit to a new primary school in Melbourne, Grattan Institute’s education team entered a large room that ...

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