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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

He repeated third grade, then lived with his father in Garrett County for a year. He returned to Anne Arundel County to live with his grandparents before starting fifth grade, he said. That’s when he ...

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 ...