Education has an official face: the curriculum, the programme, the activities arranged neatly in a prospectus. Then there is the human side, the one we read and write about far less often.

The idea for this magazine began with the two of us: me, a mother of two grown sons, and Ivan, my younger son, now a teacher in Canada.

We believe education needs a platform for honest conversation about what happens in and around schools. Between the lines, beyond the gate, inside the common room and the cafeteria.

A publication about all of it: the small joys, the daily frustrations. The person sitting behind the desk, tired some days and buried in paperwork on others. The child who absorbs knowledge like a sponge, and the student who needs extra support. The parent who hands a child over to the school and trusts it to do the shaping, and the parent for whom the child remains a project that requires time, work and effort.

Education Edit is a place where people can meet and speak openly, start conversations, share dilemmas, strengthen relationships, challenge myths and examine the theories and ideas surrounding education.

It is also a place where we can begin to restore respect for a profession whose standing has been steadily eroded over the years. Where we can hear from the teacher whose work has been recognised and rewarded, and from the one who turns up every morning believing that their work goes unseen.

Whether Education Edit becomes a lasting conversation or simply another well-intentioned idea depends on the people who choose to take part in it.

If you would like to be one of them, send your thoughts, experiences and ideas to info@education-edit.com. The voice remains yours.

So… all is well in the state of education?

Tanya Nikolic

Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder