The program is being carried out at the Social Justice School, a charter school in Northeast, where 15 families will each get $2,400 over the course of three months, with money distributed weekly onto debit cards.

Standing in the front of his Lorton, Virginia, classroom, Sean Miller told his students that food would be a topic of conversation during the class period. He also said they would talk about the types of goods that emerged in ancient East and West Africa. Part of that would involve how the influence of gold shaped the development of certain African empires.

Local superintendents, principals and higher education representatives will provide recommendations on how to better assess how students are doing in the classroom.

Overall, students were less likely to be absent on days when they had a scheduled tutoring session, with researchers finding a nearly 7% reduction in the probability of absence.

A judge has set aside a guilty verdict against ex-Loudoun County Superintendent Scott Ziegler who was convicted of a retaliatory firing of a teacher who reported that an elementary school student inappropriately touched her.

McKnight said in a statement last week that Board of Education members indicated they wanted her to "step away" from her job as superintendent. She said there wasn't any justification for the request.