Like everyone else at Research ED Auckland #rEDauck yesterday, I was swept up and inspired by the presentations and conversations. Here are the patterns/themes I for one noticed, in no particular order. I'm pleased to be spending my Saturday at the #rEDAuck Conference thinking about how we can become a more evidence-informed teaching profession with @tombennett71 and about 150 others pic.twitter.com/KO4swYGUFW — Jay allnutt (@MrJayall) June 1, 2018 1. Resentment toward the Ministry of Education for seemingly forcing open-plan 'Modern Learning Environments' on schools. (Reading further, the MoE denies it is 'pushing' MLEs.) And more generally for 'implementing policies not based on high quality evidence'. Key points heard include: Is there a research base to support pouring so much money into these? (After a quick search, I can't find any research base cited on the MoE website about these .) If not, are children in MLE schools b...