A Modern-Day Miracle Worker ; 'Stand and Deliver' Teacher Speaks at Cinco de Mayo Events
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › May 15, 2006
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On Jaime Escalante's first day as a teacher, he walked into a classroom of swearing, unruly teenagers and didn't think he'd last more than a day.
Decades later, he's known as the man who lifted a violent inner- city Los Angeles school from its knees and turned failing, defiant kids who hated math into confident students who aced AP calculus exams.See the full content of this document
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A Modern-Day Miracle Worker ; 'Stand and Deliver' Teacher Speaks at Cinco de Mayo Events
In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, Escalante addressed a crowd of more than 250 at the University of Colorado at Colorado...
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