When scores of Highland Park students graduated Saturday, their ranks included the school’s first ever class of AVID students. Highland Park joined Topeka High this year in graduating a group of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High schools across the country are offering an elective class that advocates say gives middle-of-the-road students extra support ...

The national executive director of AVID, a successful college preparatory program for students in the middle, vowed Tuesday to continue a strong operation in California, in spite of Gov. Jerry Brown’s ...

Advancement Via Individual Determination — AVID — is the name and aim of a college-prep program that tackles the 'achievement gap.' Guadalupe Genis, Sammy McMahon and Edward Dominguez, ninth-graders ...

Erin O’Neill is passionate about getting kids ready for life — especially junior high and high school students. So, as Peninsula School District’s Director of College, Career and Life Readiness, ...

For the past 35 years, the San Diego-based AVID program has built a national reputation for steering underserved students to college. Turns out that AVID graduates — largely poor and minority students ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marie Rose, third grade teacher at Awbrey Park Elementary, poses with current and former students during an AVID Spotlight event ...

IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, CALL DAYTONA BEACH POLICE. AFTER ABOUT 20 YEARS, A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION WILL SOON BE CUT FROM MOST VOLUSIA COUNTY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND ...

There’s an elective available at three Utica Community Schools buildings that provides students the tools they need to succeed in college. Through Advanced Via Individual Determination, or AVID, ...