It's time to talk seriously about school. There is a lot of work to be done. In fact, the important task begins now. If, indeed, as the teachers who demonstrated said on Friday, the protests "were not about money", it is time to delve deeply into the problems of the system. Today in the newspaper we give voice to the experts. They all advocate for bold changes. For a new educational pact. To restore hope to school. And it is clear that money doesn't fix everything.

The agreement reached by the Department of Education with a minority of union representatives is important, despite not having secured the support of the majority of negotiators. In principle, it marks a turning point in the labor dispute with the administration by a highly relevant, sensitive, and strategic sector—we are talking about 129,327 workers—a group of professionals marked by a sense of grievance that extends beyond labor issues. Finding a way out of this teacher discontent is an essential step to face the future of education for Catalan children and adolescents with a modicum of hope. The country urgently needs to give education a new impetus.