School's back, but the students aren't.  

Level 3 in Auckland means schools are open for students whose parents need to work, but student numbers have been low. 

Lockdowns have got education experts looking at alternative methods and whether the days of the standard classroom are obsolete.  

One of those other methods is Flipped Learning, becoming more popular in the United States.  

We have a school in New Zealand doing it - Ashhurst School near Palmerston North is in fact the world's first recognised elementary school to do flipped learning and Principal Heath Chittenden joined Mike Hosking. 

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