Jaime Escalante Died

Jaime Escalante passed away today. While living in Bolivia he taught physics and mathematics for nine years. Mr. Escalante had bladder cancer.

He was the teacher who mentored minority kids in East LA and drove them to pass a rigorous national calculus exam. Escalante was featured in the 1988 semibio film Stand


He became Americas most well-known teacher after a 1988 movie described his success at mentoring workingclass pupils at Garfield High to pass a rigorous.