[LIT] Adolescent Literacy Discussion

[Bill IVEY]

"A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
<lit at literacyworkshop.org> on Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 10:39 AM -0500
wrote:
>Bill,
>I hope this is not a completely idiotic question but what is AVID...maybe
>it's too early Sunday morning and my mind is not working clearly after a
>night of celebrating w/ friends. 
>Alice

Hi!

Here's what Heather said in an earlier posting:

>AVID stands for: Advancement Via Individual Determination and is a
>wonderful
>program for students who are performing middle of the road, along with
>other
>criteria. It usually focuses on students who would be the first to go to
>college in their family, or are from a lower income. The statistics are
>overwhelming, about 95% (that may be off by a couple percentage points) of
>students who stay in AVID in middle and high go on to college.

I found this website which may also be helpful:
http://www.avidonline.org/

Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School