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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
New research suggests that the college-readiness system known as AVID—Advancement Via Individual Determination—may be effective in preparing underserved students to succeed in college. The National ...
It’s hard to imagine that Bruna Afonso was once apathetic about her studies, unsure if she’d finish high school, much less go on to college. She now earns good grades, takes tough courses and almost ...
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 ...
Every Tuesday and Thursday, the students in Brent Mikolaycik's eighth-grade class at have tutorials. Each student in a group of five or six will ask a question, and the students take several minutes ...
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 ...