High schools across the country are offering an elective class that advocates say gives middle-of-the-road students extra support as they prepare for college. AVID, which stands for Advancement Via ...

Once thought to be 'for dumb kids,' AVID class now has a waiting list CHAMPAIGN – From day one, Centennial High School Spanish teacher Stacy McAndrew can spot students from the AVID program in her ...

During a class Monday at Corvallis High School ninth-grader Vanessa Avenia stood in front of a teacher and a handful of her peers and explained that she was having trouble understanding how to solve a ...

The tutorials are just one of the extra things expected of the AVID students. The AVID program is designed to give students skills to help them keep working through – they practice organizational ...

Shakopee High School honored its first-ever class of graduating seniors in the Advancement Via Individual Determination class at a special celebration attended by students, families, and staff on May ...

South Albany's first AVID group of about 60 sophomores is now getting ready to graduate. Since that class began three years ago, the school has marked increases in attendance, grade point averages, ...

STAMFORD -- As a seventh-grader at Cloonan Middle School five years ago, Michael Kennedy took his first Advancement Via Individual Determination class, but at the time, he said, he wasn't sure why.