Wall of Fame: One Teacher, One Class, and the Power to Save Schools and Transform Lives

From one class of 32 to over 2 million students in AVID today, Wall of Fame is not just the story of school reform, but the chronicle of a movement in the making. Mary Catherine Swanson never intended that her commitment to teach all her students academic rigor would put her career in jeopardy or revolutionize public education. Nor had she intended for her program to reach beyond the walls of her high school, let alone be implemented in more than 7,500 schools today. This Wall of Fame reissue—20 years after its original publication—contains a new foreword by Dr. Sandy Husk, CEO of AVID, who describes the incredible growth of this little-known non-profit into a movement that breaks down barriers so all students can shape their path and change our world. Together, the AVID Community has changed the trajectory of millions of lives.