What distinguishes innovative learning environments (ILE)? How can these be developed? Representatives from science, schools, and educational administration from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg met in Nuremberg from November 24-26, 2016. This 4th German-language ILE network meeting, which is part of an OECD project, was hosted by the Chair Research and Teaching Unit for School Education and Instructional Research at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.