Innovation was the main issue at the 6^th Assembly of Education Directors in Madrid, on February 9 and 10.

More than 100 representatives of 72 Jesuit schools from Spain and Portugal attended the meeting. They debated about innovation based on Ignatian pedagogy.   

The current situation of this area is at a turning point. This follows from the results of a survey carried out by Enric Caturla, from JesuÏtes Educació and Rafel Barceló, from Montesión school in Palma. This survey for directors shows that "education teams are determined to continue innovating within the framework of the Ignatian Pedagogy". "The driving forces of innovation are children and primary education, where teachers are fully involved with these practices; there is more resistance to change in Secondary education" Caturla said. Contextualizing the survey results, he concluded that in the Jesuit centers it does not work any innovation, but the one in line with the educational ideas of the Society of Jesus.