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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The walk across the commencement stage is the same distance for everyone. The road leading to it is longer and tougher for some. Erin Park and Sam Bartlett get that. They teach Advancement Via ...

BURLINGTON, Mass.—As the steady growth of video viewing intensifies the already acute demand for media production talent, Avid has announced plans to make its full-powered Media Composer editing ...