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accusations of cheating disproved
'''Jaime Escalente''', (-2010), Bolivian-born math teacher whose outstanding teaching methods were showcased in "[[Stand and Deliver]]".
'''Jaime Escalente''', (-2010), Bolivian-born math teacher whose outstanding teaching methods were showcased in "[[Stand and Deliver]]".
He told students they could succeed if they had desire (''ganas'').
He told students they could succeed if they had desire (''ganas'').
A dozen of his students passed the Advanced Placement Calculus test, but their scores were questioned. ETS said they had a similar pattern of answers and accused them of cheating. Escalante had the students take the test again under direct ETS supervision, and their scores were even higher.
*I wanted to work with young people. That's more rewarding for me than the money. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX0jKFd0KEk]
*I wanted to work with young people. That's more rewarding for me than the money. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX0jKFd0KEk]
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/30/AR2010033003814.html Jaime Escalante turns students into calculus whizzes] - Jay Mathews, ''Washington Post'' - Dec. 12, 1982
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/30/AR2010033003814.html Jaime Escalante turns students into calculus whizzes] - Jay Mathews, ''Washington Post'' - Dec. 12, 1982