Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Sad News To Report

Jaime Escalante has passed away. He was a rock star in math teacher circles; the movie Stand and Deliver was based on his work at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles.

2 comments:

Ellen K said...

That's very sad.

allen (in Michigan) said...

A rock star math teacher. Sadly, a contradiction in terms. It was the entertainment industry that made his name widely known.