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 ...

AVID, a national education program with significant Texas involvement, has long touted its ability to help traditionally underrepresented high school students get to college. But what happens to those ...

Key Peninsula Middle School teacher Janet Eidsmoe works with AVID student Curtis Staples in her classroom last week. LEE GILES III [email protected] A new program in two Peninsula School District ...

The findings suggest that “academic tracking,” the practice of separating high and low performing students into different classes, reinforces risky social networks and behaviors University 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 ...