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 ...

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 ...

The influence of teachers, the support of the AVID program and his own inner drive have propelled former Odessan Dé Kwaan Wynn to success. Now a software engineer living in Dallas, Wynn overcame a ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- While some high school athletes have dreams of playing in the pros some day, other students just want to have the opportunity to go to college. This week's Community Spotlight ...

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 ...

There are plenty of new names to learn when school convenes at Bayside High. Howard, Ole Miss, Tulane and Vanderbilt are but a few of an endless string of college pennant names that line the corridors ...

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 ...

Melody Smith Jones's column ("Mr. President, poor kids want a shot" Jan. 18) acknowledges that Cincinnati teachers, like many across the nation, are up against overwhelming odds in educating large ...

Eugene School District 4J hosted an AVID explainer event last week, shedding light on the popular college and career readiness program and how it equips academically promising but potentially ...