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'''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. | ||
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*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 | ||
Revision as of 14:34, April 17, 2013
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). 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. [1]
External Links
- Jaime Escalante turns students into calculus whizzes - Jay Mathews, Washington Post - Dec. 12, 1982