AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a transformative educational system and nonprofit organization that has spent over 45 years helping schools close the opportunity gap. For member schools, AVID offers an impactful, curriculum-agnostic instructional framework designed to foster a culture of achievement and engagement across the entire school community. AVID works to create opportunity, foster excellence, and transform lives.   By placing students in a learning setting that engages them in rigor with support, opportunities to explore their future pathways, and deliberate instruction in self-management and leadership, students develop the agency and skills that will serve them for life. With AVID, students excel regardless of their circumstances, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, or English proficiency.