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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.
That's very sad.
ReplyDeleteA rock star math teacher. Sadly, a contradiction in terms. It was the entertainment industry that made his name widely known.
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