The Niskayuna school community is invited to check out Education Speaks, a blog initiated by Capital Region BOCES devoted to thoughtful discussion on issues shaping public education in the region and the state.

The district is placing a permanent link to "Ed Speaks" on the right-hand side of its homepage beneath the calendar items and other community links.

• Proceed directly to the blog, http://educationspeaks.org

From the Blog: About Education Speaks
Education Speaks is devoted to a thoughtful discussion of the issues shaping public education in New York’s Greater Capital Region and beyond.

Ed Speaks is sponsored by Capital Region BOCES, in collaboration with Questar III BOCES, HFM BOCES, WSHWE BOCES and the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership. The mission of Education Speaks is to work toward smart solutions to education’s biggest problems. Guest bloggers are leaders of our public schools — rural, urban and suburban alike — sharing insights on the issues people in their schools and communities care deeply about. Guest bloggers are backed by an editorial team from the Capital Region BOCES Communications Service who help moderate Education Speaks and work to keep a constructive conversation going.

Regular readers of this blog will discover that education leaders don’t always speak with one voice — but then again neither does the public. What Education Speaks does provide is a consistently compelling perspective on the promise and peril in our public schools — from the people who lead them.

Our goal is to advance a deeper understanding of education issues and to help move the conversation forward, toward new and creative solutions to the challenges facing our public schools.