We are walking our way into a fundamentally flawed education system, and we have been warned

This was my first thought as I sat down recently, waiting for the education conference ResearchEd to begin. This is the fourth time ResearchEd has come to Ireland, the first taking place in 2019 in St Columba’s College in Dublin. A conference aimed at both primary and secondary level teachers, it began in England – founded by Tom Bennett with the help of Helen Galdin-O’Shea in 2013 – and aims to bring “the best evidence available” into the classroom in practical ways.