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	Biography of Jaime Escalante - Boston College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jaime Escalante was born in La Paz, Bolivia.
		Despite these obstacles, Escalante was able to motivate a small group of students to take, and pass the AP calculus exam in 1982.
		Today, Jaime Escalante is considered one of the most famous educators in the United States.
	www.bc.edu /offices/ahana/about/history/escalante (476 words)

	Reason Magazine - Stand and Deliver Revisited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Escalante and his fellow teachers referred to their program as "the dynasty," boasting that it would someday involve more than 1,000 students.
		Escalante says he was so discouraged by his students' poor preparation that after only two hours in class he called his former employer, the Burroughs Corporation, and asked for his old job back.
		Escalante's situation improved as time went by, but it was not until his fifth year at Garfield that he tried to teach calculus.
	www.reason.com /news/show/28479.html (3547 words)

	Science Insights Artics Template
		Escalante became a victim of his own success: he did not have enough capable teachers to teach the number of students who wanted to take his courses, and since the school would not provide them, he tried to get around the contractual class size limits.
		Escalante could have compromised on his open admissions policies and taken students on a competitive basis instead of insisting on all or nothing.
		Escalante and the union, would have been for the administration to give him the support he needed by hiring more teachers, but that was unacceptable to the administration, probably for lack of funds.
	www.nas.org /publications/sci_newslist/7_1/e_escalante.htm (481 words)

	Jaime Escalante to Retire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jaime Escalante, the famed teacher who led disadvantaged students at an East Los Angeles high school to top scores in the Advanced Placement Calculus test, has announced that he will retire from teaching.
		Escalante was born in Brazil and worked as a teacher there, but when he came to the U.S. in 1964, he was unable to teach because he did not have credentials.
		Escalante believed that students will rise to a challenge when properly motivated, and his challenge to them was to study calculus and prepare for the AP Calculus exam.
	www.teachspace.org /news/escalante.html (545 words)

	Jaime Escalante Bio
		Jaime Escalante was born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1930.
		Escalante's many teaching awards include the Presidential Medal for Excellence in Education, the Andres Bello Prize from the Organization of American States and the Free Spirit Award from the Freedom Forum, a foundation affiliated with USA Today and dedicated to the preservation of the First Amendment.
		Jaime Escalante currently resides in Cochabamba, Bolivia with his wife, Fabiola, where he still teaches mathematics at a local university as well as in his home studio.
	www.thefutureschannel.com /jaime_escalante/jaime_escalante_bio.php (342 words)

	[NM-Science] Jaime Escalante - There are many lessons here!
		Escalante and his fellow teachers referred to their program as andquot;the dynasty,andquot; boasting that it would someday involve more than 1,000 students. That goal was never met.
		The lessons of Escalante's patience and hard work in building his program, especially his attention to the classes that fed into calculus, were largely ignored in the faculty workshops and college education classes that routinely showed Stand and Deliver to their students.
		Escalante did whatever he could to bring some of those advantages to his students. Among the parents of Garfield students, high school graduates were in the minority and college graduates were a rarity.
	monty.manzano.aps.edu /pipermail/science/2002-November/000670.html (6894 words)

	Jaime Escalante Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Jaime Escalante (born 1930) a high school math teacher whose dedication to his students inspired Hollywood to make a movie of how he changed the lives of his students.
		Jaime Escalante, a native of La Paz, Bolivia, and the son of two elementary-school teachers, inspired a movie in the 1980s by raising the aspirations of Hispanic students in one of Los Angeles's most decaying urban high schools.
		Escalante emerged from the 1980s as a national figure--praised by President Reagan on a special visit to the White House, and singled out by Vice President Bush as a personal hero during one of his presidential campaign debates.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/jaime-escalante (660 words)

	JPL.NASA.GOV: Feature Stories
		Jaime Escalante is a legend in the education field.
		Escalante was dedicated to his teaching and to his students, and that dedication impressed his class.
		Escalante made arrangements with local colleges for extra programs and obtained funding for food and travel to college events -- so that money would never be a reason for students not participating.
	www.jpl.nasa.gov /news/features.cfm?feature=1127 (865 words)

	The Visionaries: Jaime Escalante (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Escalante: In my classroom I have a banner with "ganas." It means "desire." And you have to have that desire.
		Jaime Escalante was born in Bolivia, became a teacher in 1952, and later came to the United States.
		Escalante was interviewed at Hiram Johnson High School in Sacramento, Calif., where he still teaches mathematics.
	www.govtech.net /magazine/visions/feb98vision/escalante.phtml (2857 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Escalante consisted of seeing him in a short video dealing with showing students how math applies to the real world, and I also knew a small amount of information on his courage and determination in teaching Los Angeles city students.
		As noted in the lecture program, “Jaime Escalante is a high school teacher whose students, underprivileged and Hispanic, have set standards in mathematics all but unequaled in American education.” Escalante taught math and physics in Bolivia for 11 years before coming to America to work in electronics for a few years.
		Escalante talked of how he combated this by telling all of his students they were gifted and he made them believe.
	mste.uiuc.edu /courses/ci301fa03/folders/ckoeppen/EscalanteResponse.doc (728 words)

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		Jaime was born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1930.
		The first school Jaime taught at in the U.S.A. was Garfield High School in East L.A. Gangs, drugs, and violence were everyday problems students had to deal with at Garfield.
		Jaime inspired several Garfield students to take and pass the AP calculus exam.
	www.homestead.com /civilwarzone/jaime.html (156 words)

	University of Evansville : University of Evansville News and Events
		Jaime Escalante, the subject of the movie, "Stand and Deliver," educated and entertained a crowd of about 600 of the UE community, general public and high school students during the Patricia H. Snyder Concert and Lecture Series Nov. 6.
		Jaime Escalante came to the U.S. from Bolivia with a dream — to be a math teacher in the United States.
		Escalante has been honored in a variety of ways and was awarded the United States Presidential Medal and the Andres Bello award by the Organization of American States.
	www.evansville.edu /aboutue/news.asp?ArticleID=293 (660 words)

	NAPTA: TEACHER STORY, Jaime Escalante, Califoria
		The lessons of Escalante's patience and hard work in building his program, especially his attention to the classes that fed into calculus, were largely ignored in the faculty workshops and college education classes that routinely showed Stand and Deliver to their students.
		He pretty much was a loner." In addition, Escalante's relationship with his new principal, Maria Elena Tostado, was not as good as the one he had enjoyed with Gradillas.
		Escalante had met Villavicencio six years previously through his students -- he had been a math teacher at Griffith Junior High, a Garfield feeder.
	www.endteacherabuse.org /Escalante.html (3527 words)

	Jaime Escalante
		Escalante is the first person to really stand up and be an advocate for Latino Americans and their education.
		Escalante’s life story and teaching style was such an inspiration to us all it became the subject of a movie “Stand and Deliver”, starring Edward James Olmos.
		The role model for his students and people seeking education: Escalante believed that “Education is the ticket to success,” and he proved it by continuing his education in the U.S., even though he was already qualified to teach.
	people.uncw.edu /fischettij/nnenne.htm (461 words)

	ELAC: Programs and Projects > Jaime Escalante Math & Science Program
		The intensive program approach was established in 1980 by Jaime Escalante, a teacher in East Los Angeles, whose inspirational teaching methods motivated a group of Latino students at Garfield High School.
		Escalante's personal success at Garfield High School and the subsequent accomplishments of the Escalante Program have kindled an appreciation of science and mathematics among thousands of East Los Angeles high school and junior high school students, 92% of whom are Latino.
		The Escalante Program is an integrated sequence of intermediate and advanced mathematics coursework supported by the commitment of each student and instructor to a rigorous schedule.
	www.elacfoundation.org /elacfoundation/programsAndProjects/jaimeEscalanteMathScience.asp (491 words)

	UCCS - University Relations
		Jaime’s class sizes had increased to over 50 students in some cases.
		Escalante will speak at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs on Thursday, May 4, 2006, at 6:00 pm in the University Center gymnasium.
		Escalante will also be the keynote speaker at the 23rd annual El Cinco de Mayo Inc. Recognition Banquet which will be held at the Antlers Hilton on Friday, May 5, 2006.
	web.uccs.edu /ur/comm_email/4-14-06f.htm (746 words)

	Jaime Escalante - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Initially Escalante was so disheartened by the lack of preparation in his students that he called his former employer and asked for his old job back.
		Escalante continued to teach at Garfield but it was not until 1979 that Escalante would actually instruct his first calculus class.
		Escalante was referenced in a Simpsons episode, Special Edna which featured candidates for Teacher of the Year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jaime_Escalante (1411 words)

	Jaime Escalante to Speak at Ohio Univ. Oct. 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jaime Escalante to Speak at Ohio Univ. Oct.
		Escalante, the focus of the acclaimed 1998 film Stand and Deliver, is considered one of the most famous educators in the United States.
		Escalante taught math and physics in Bolivia for 11 years until 1964, when he immigrated to the U.S. Unfortunately, he was unable to teach because he did not have credentials.
	www.ohiou.edu /news/00-01/53.html (303 words)

	Drake News Releases
		Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher whose story was chronicled in the critically acclaimed 1988 movie "Stand and Deliver," will speak at Drake University on Friday, Sept. 21.
		An immigrant from Bolivia, Escalante is the subject of the book "Escalante: The Best Teacher in America." In 1999 he was officially inducted into the Teachers Hall of Fame.
		Escalante taught math and physics in Bolivia for 11 years until 1964, when he immigrated to the United States.
	www.drake.edu /newsevents/releases/sept01/091401escante.html (364 words)

	media archives events: Jaime Escalante and Stand and Deliver- Selected Bibliography
		CNN documents the winning methods of Jaime Escalante, the Los Angles calculus teacher whose unusual teaching methods and fanatic results were the subject of the movie "Stand and Deliver." Escalante's successful approach to educating inner city Hispanics, who have the highest dropout rate in America, has been adopted by numerous educators.
		Jaime Escalante and featured guests show how mathematics is used in the work place.
		Jaime Escalante and featured guests show how mathematics is used in everyday life.
	www.libs.uga.edu /media/events/2002/09/jaime-escalante-and-stand-and-deliver.html (266 words)

	Jaime Escalante to speak at Wisconsin Union Theater (Oct 11, 1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bolivian educator Jaime Escalante, whose work in a Los Angeles high school was featured in the film "Stand and Deliver," will speak in the debut of this year's Distinguished Lecture Series.
		This year, Escalante was one of three educators nominated to the United States Teaching Hall of Fame.
		Escalante's appearance is sponsored by the UW Latin American and Iberian Studies Program, Centro Hispano, Associated Students of Madison and the Distinguished Lecture Series committee, one of 11 Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) student committees which develop, coordinate and promote more than 800 events annually at UW-Madison.
	www.news.wisc.edu /2042.html (277 words)

	barrio flores: Jaime Escalante Speaks
		He was made famous in the U.S. as a result of the movie Stand and Deliver starring Edward James Olmos.
		Escalante was recently asked about the current educational debate, and he believes that this emphasis on native language could take away much needed time to teach the students to compete on a global level.
		Everyone keeps talking about Jaime's program, but what did the students who passed all of those AP exams go on to do.
	www.barrioflores.net /weblog/archives/2006/07/jaime_escalante.html (464 words)

	National Teachers Hall of Fame
		Jaime Escalante was born in La Paz, Bolivia, to two teachers who worked in a small Aymara Indian village.
		After 9 years of teaching in Bolivia, Escalante moved to the United States and worked as a busboy, a cook, and an electronics factory technician while earning teaching credentials and a degree in mathematics.
		It is the most popular classroom program in the history of PBS and has been honored with more than 50 awards from educational and professional organizations, including the highest honor in the broadcasting field, the George Foster Peabody Award.
	www.nthf.org /inductee/escalante.htm (335 words)

	Memorable Quotes from Stand and Deliver (1988) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jaime Escalante: We're gonna need a lot of Kleenexes - there's gonna be a lot of bloodshed.
		Jaime Escalante: Those scores would have never been questioned if my kids did not have Spanish surnames and come from barrio schools.
		Jaime Escalante: She can go to college, come back, teach you how to run the place.
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0094027/quotes (1131 words)

	Jaime Escalante’s students –– where are they now? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Islas recalls the encouragement that Escalante gave him more than 25 years ago to “do anything you want to do and nobody can put a ceiling on how high you can go." Islas took this advice to heart and has enjoyed careers as a dentist, a police officer and a CEO.
		In 1990, Escalante wrote, “I believe that math teaching should be peppered with lively examples, ingenious demonstrations of math at work and linkages between math principles and their real-world applications.”
		The Futures Channel caught up with Escalante and his students when Steve Heard, the Futures Channel’s CEO, recently co-produced an event for the Center for Youth Citizenship in Sacramento to honor Escalante’s achievements and contributions to education.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/9/emw279988.htm (626 words)

	Jaime Escalante Students: Where are they now?
		Navarro was an AP Calculus student of Jaime Escalante's while a senior at Garfield High School and was one of the 33 students to passing the AP Calculus exam that year.
		Though Monica Valdez never had the chance to have Jaime Escalante personally as her high school teacher, she participated in the Escalante Math Program achieving high scores on her AP Calculus tests.
		Escalante as his teacher, Sergio Valdez went on to receive high scores on both AP Calculus tests.
	www.thefutureschannel.com /jaime_escalante/jaime_escalante_students.php (520 words)

	Third Annual State of Education \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		In the year the book was published, his school was fourth highest in the country for number of students who passed the advanced placement calculus test.
		Escalante’s personal classes accounted for one out of every four Mexican-Americans taking AP Calculus in the whole country that year.
		Escalante's work has inspired one of my initiatives for this year.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/109897 (2651 words)

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