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the poor, the disadvantaged, and the "culturally different" are a fragile lot; the academic rigor usually found only in elite suburban or private schools would frustrate them
'''Jaime Escalante''', America's master math teacher, [http://www.reason.com/news/show/28479.html] prepared [[public high school]] students in Los Angeles for the [[advanced placement test]] in [[mathematics]]; see "[[Stand and Deliver]]".
'''Jaime Escalante''', America's master math teacher, [http://www.reason.com/news/show/28479.html] prepared [[public high school]] students in Los Angeles for the [[advanced placement test]] in [[mathematics]]; see "[[Stand and Deliver]]".
{{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|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. [http://www.reason.com/news/show/28479.html]}}