• DC had the nation’s third-highest job growth in September
• DC Council schedules hearings on school closures
• US elections: do school vouchers work?
• Does a parent’s education and income affect how a child’s brain develops?
• DC deputy mayor for education leaving post
• DC Council halts rental fees for parent-run school enrichment programs
• DC council considers restricting sugary drinks

How The iPad Mini Could Be A Massive Success For Apple In The Classroom
Business Insider
Apple has long been a leader in education, and schools began embracing the iPad soon after its 2010 debut. Yet as fiscal budget shortfalls crimp spending all the more, schools in growing numbers are warming to the handheld devices as an alternative to

DC had the nation’s third-highest job growth in September
Washington Post (blog)
But according to unadjusted numbers released by the D.C. Department of Employment Services, the city added 7,600 jobs in September, all but 200 of them in the private sector. Education jobs — particularly in “colleges, universities, and professional

DC Council schedules hearings on school closures
Washington Post (blog)
Mark your calendars: D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has scheduled two mid-November hearings to give the public a chance to comment on school closures in the city, a politically volatile issue sure to draw volumes of testimony.

US elections: do school vouchers work?
The Conversation
… D.C. students who used their voucher graduated from high school at a 91% rate – more than 20% higher than those who expressed interest in the program but did not receive a scholarship and more than 30% higher than the rate in the D.C. public schools.

Does a parent’s education and income affect how a child’s brain develops?
Washington Post (blog)
It was the analysis that showed a correlation between a parent’s income and education level to development in specific areas of the brain essential to learning, memory and stress processing.

DC deputy mayor for education leaving post
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia’s deputy mayor for education is stepping down to take a job in New York. Mayor Vincent Gray said Thursday that De’Shawn Wright will serve as New York’s deputy secretary for education.

DC Offers College Scholarship To Local Low-Income Students
Georgetown University The Hoya
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray recently announced a new scholarship fund for graduates of D.C. high schools who come from low-income families and will be attending universities in the District. Gray set aside $1.59 million in the District’s fiscal year 2013

DC Council halts rental fees for parent-run school enrichment programs
Washington Post (blog)
The District’s Department of General Services may no longer collect rent from parents who run enrichment programs in the city’s public schools, under emergency legislation passed unanimously Tuesday by the D.C. Council. Council member Mary Cheh

DC council considers restricting sugary drinks
WTOP
Cheh authored the Healthy Schools Act and says she thinks the New York City ban is a good idea she’d like to bring to the nation’s capital. “If I could get the votes, to do it I would certainly try to put that in place,” Cheh tells WTOP