Question everything : the rise of AVID as America's largest college readiness program / by Mathews, Jay, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Taking AVID Home -- Tortuous Journey of a Teacher's Idea -- Boise Schools Changed by Love -- "Prove to Me You Got an A in Everything" -- Showing America How to Take Notes -- Teachers Afraid of Tough Courses -- Asking Rather than Answering Questions -- Bringing the Power of Tutoring to El Cajon High -- Santa Barbara Rejects AVID -- "Our Teachers Said We Couldn't Take the Test" -- AVID on 60 Minutes II -- Changing the Mess at Bell Gardens High -- Three Full Days at the Summer Institute: A Crash Course in AVID -- "I Don't Care If I Have To Haul You Down Myself" -- Losing It in Atlanta -- Inside Tutoring -- "Don't Give Me That, Akila" -- Looking for More Mr. …”