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'''Jaime Escalante''' was the greatest American math teacher of the 20th century.<ref>[http://reason.com/archives/2002/07/01/stand-and-deliver-revisited/3 Stand and Deliver RevisitedThe untold story behind the famous rise -- and shameful fall -- of Jaime Escalante, America's master math teacher.]</ref> He prepared [[public high school]] students in Los Angeles for the [[Advanced Placement test]] in [[mathematics]]; see "[[Stand and Deliver]]".

'''Jaime Escalante''' (1930-2010) was a Bolivian-born math teacher whose outstanding teaching methods were showcased in "[[Stand and Deliver]]."  Many have named him the greatest American math teacher of the 20th century.<ref>[http://reason.com/archives/2002/07/01/stand-and-deliver-revisited/3 Stand and Deliver Revisited The untold story behind the famous rise -- and shameful fall -- of Jaime Escalante, America's master math teacher.]</ref> He prepared [[public high school]] students in Los Angeles for the [[Advanced Placement test]] in [[mathematics]].<br />

He is known for encouraging his students by telling them that they could succeed if they had desire (''ganas'').  In fact, his teaching methods were so successful that he attracted press attention when a dozen of his students passed the Advanced Placement Calculus test. However, their scores were questioned by the ETS, which  said they had a similar pattern of answers and accused them of cheating.  To nullify their claims, Escalante had the students take the test again under direct ETS supervision, and their scores were came out even higher.

{{quotebox|Conventional [[pedagogical]] wisdom holds that the poor, the disadvantaged, and the "culturally different" are a fragile lot, and that the [[academic rigor]] usually found only in elite suburban or private schools would frustrate them, crushing their [[self-esteem]]. The teachers and administrators that I interviewed did not find this to be true of Garfield students.[http://www.reason.com/news/show/28479.html]}}

{{quotebox|Conventional [[pedagogical]] wisdom holds that the poor, the disadvantaged, and the "culturally different" are a fragile lot, and that the [[academic rigor]] usually found only in elite suburban or private schools would frustrate them, crushing their [[self-esteem]]. The teachers and administrators that I interviewed did not find this to be true of Garfield students.<ref name="reason.com">http://www.reason.com/news/show/28479.html</ref>}}

{{quotebox|If a team begins losing after a coach is replaced, sports fans are outraged. The decline of Garfield's math program, however, went largely unnoticed. [http://www.reason.com/news/show/28479.html]}}

{{quotebox|If a team begins losing after a coach is replaced, sports fans are outraged. The decline of Garfield's math program, however, went largely unnoticed. <ref name="reason.com">http://www.reason.com/news/show/28479.html</ref>}}

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==See also==

*[[math enrichment]]

*[[math enrichment]]

*[[educational reform]]

*[[educational reform]]

*[[education and competition]]

*[[education and competition]]

 

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