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 ...

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 ...

Students at Lake Worth Middle School stuck out their chests and held their heads high as they stood tall for pictures with two distinguished alumni during their recent visits to the school. The two ...

Quick glances and prideful smiles were exchanged, then the three of them exclaimed in synchrony, “We all got into college!” Seniors Jocelyn Soriano, Jay Garcia and Josiah Beharry were responding to ...

New UCLA-led research finds that a college preparatory program for youth experiencing educational inequities that operates in about 13 percent of U.S public high schools has a positive effect on ...

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 ...

When I was 3 years old, my family brought me to the United States from Mexico with dreams of a better future and education. But the language barrier made our adjustment very difficult. Through ...

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 ...

Corpus Christi ISD plans to add AVID college readiness programs to 11 elementary schools next year. The Advancement Via Individual Determination program focuses on skill development to set students up ...