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'''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|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]}} | ||
Revision as of 18:43, May 23, 2008
Jaime Escalante, America's master math teacher, [1] prepared public high school students in Los Angeles for the advanced placement test in mathematics; see "Stand and Deliver".
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.[2]
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. [3]
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