The foundation of every society and country is education. This paper deals with the topic of education policy reform. The aim of this paper is to examine the opinions of students and professors in "Škola za život" and its implementation. The paper is divided into two parts, the theoretical part and research. The theoretical part talks about the basic features of education policy, stages of education, describes the education system, and the way of managing education in the Republic of Croatia (the role of the Ministry of Science and Education and other bodies that manage education). It presents a brief history of the curricular reform that began in 2014, explains the goal of the reform, the cycles of education, the new way of evaluation, equipping schools, and reactions to the implementation of the reform. It compares the Croatian and Finnish educational models. The research part shows the results of a survey in which fifth and seventh grade primary school students and their teachers participated. The aim of this research was to show, through several questions, how the changes affect the students' success and teachers' work quality. The research showed that there were no significant changes in the students' activity and success, that teachers did not feel relief in their work, and that schools are still not sufficiently equipped with ICT.