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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Jaime Escalante dies at 79; math teacher who challenged East L.A. students to 'Stand and Deliver'

Que descanze en paz....  Yes, we raza can do math and sceince! We will miss you Kimosabe...
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Jaime Escalante dies at 79; math teacher who challenged East L.A. students to 'Stand and Deliver'

He became America's most famous teacher after a 1988 movie portrayed his success at mentoring working-class pupils at Garfield High to pass a rigorous national calculus exam. He died of cancer.

Jaime Escalante "didn't just teach math. Like all great teachers, he changed lives," said actor Edward James Olmos, who portrayed Escalante in the 1988 film "Stand and Deliver." (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / November 14, 1998)

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