About the publication
A place for better conversations about education.
Education generates an impressive number of confident statements. Some are insightful. Some are supported by evidence. Some survive only because everyone in the meeting would quite like to go home.
Education, Actually.
What this is, and what it is not.
Education, Actually. is a place for open, independent discussion about what really happens in schools—particularly international schools. It explores the decisions we make, the assumptions we inherit and the occasional gap between what institutions say and what people actually experience.
The writing here may be opinionated, debatable and occasionally provocative. That is rather the point. But it will always aim to be honest, thoughtful and grounded in real experience. This is not about manufacturing controversy or pretending there is a simple answer to every complicated question. It is about examining ideas properly, including the ones education has become rather comfortable repeating.
Much education writing understandably serves another purpose. It may showcase a successful initiative, represent an organisation or form part of someone’s professional profile. Education, Actually. has the freedom to do something slightly different: ask awkward questions, acknowledge uncertainty, change its mind when the evidence demands it and occasionally point out when something that sounds impressive may not mean very much at all.
The main focus is international education, school leadership, teaching and the culture of schools. It is written for teachers, leaders and anyone interested in how education works—and how it sometimes doesn’t. The boundaries may expand. Good discussions have a habit of wandering into unexpected territory.
For now, the writing is by Josh Morris. In future, other voices may join the conversation. You never know.
About the writer
Josh
Morris.
Twenty-one years in education.
Still asking questions.
Josh Morris is an experienced teacher and school leader with 21 years in education. He has worked as a Head of Faculty, Head of Year, Head of Key Stage and MYP Coordinator, alongside the far more consequential business of actually teaching students.
His teaching experience includes Geography and Global Politics at IB Diploma and A Level, A-Level Psychology, and Geography, Global Perspectives and Individuals and Societies with students aged 11–16. He has worked in schools in Taiwan, India, Thailand and Vietnam, where he is currently based.
Before entering education, Josh worked in the charity sector as a programme funding manager, supporting organisations working in international development, homelessness and mental health. That experience left him with an enduring interest in how organisations use evidence, exercise power and explain what they do—and in the difference between a persuasive report and the rather messier reality behind it.
From beautiful South Devon in the UK, Josh enjoys discussing education, questioning accepted wisdom and challenging an argument when it appears overly comfortable. Several former heads of school can confirm this.
Education, Actually. brings those interests together: experience from classrooms and leadership, curiosity about how institutions work, and rather a lot of opinions. The aim is not to have the final word. It is to start a better conversation.
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