Education As Change was founded in 1998 at the University of Johannesburg when the South African educational reform process needed a publication that would speak to the many changes envisaged by radical policy initiatives. The Journal has published critical interpretations of these reform efforts. Since then the Journal's direction has changed to the advancement of theoretical knowledge about education practice. The focus is on what happens in school classrooms and school communities. Contributions are published mainly in the form of original theoretical works and empirical research articles, as well as literature reviews, book reviews, short communications, and letters containing fair commentary on previously published articles.

Education As Change is a peer reviewed, nationally recognised and accredited publication. More recently, since December 2008, the Journal has been included in Thomson Reuters products and custom information services, back-dating to 2007, Vol. 11 (1) and is thus now also internationally accredited.