Initially launched in 2013, researchED claims to be a 'grassroots' organisation which disseminates the best educational research to classroom practitioners. During the last 10 years, it has played a pivotal role in cementing the 'new science' of educational research as the primary route to educational effectiveness. ResearchED events are popular with practitioners, enabling the organisation to be an effective element in the Conservatives' long-running project to remake compulsory education in England along instrumentalist and technicist lines. However, recent events suggest that researchED may struggle to offer solutions to the complex and interrelated problems that schools have faced since the COVID-19 pandemic. This article highlights researchED's political significance, considers what the organisation offers today's teachers, and suggests the moment may be ripe for universities and other organisations involved in educational research to offer teachers something better.