"Pedagogical renewal has always been very heterogeneous and plural." Renewal is the authentic educational tradition of Catalonia: from the pioneer Rosa Sensat to the present day, there is a constant thread of innovation, a desire to stay up-to-date, and continuous improvement. Renewal has never meant, neither before nor now, going against knowledge or memory, as competency-based or project-based work is caricatured today. In any case, the important thing is not the methods or techniques, but the educational objective. Good teachers have always been flexible and pragmatic, empathizing with the student, and demanding and self-demanding.