Title: Jaime Escalante Biography, Life, Interesting Facts
Headings: Jaime Escalante Biography, Life, Interesting Facts
Jaime Escalante
Also Known For : Teacher
Birth Place : La Paz, Bolivia
Died On : March 30, 2010
Zodiac Sign : Capricorn
Jaime Escalante Biography, Life, Interesting Facts
Early life and education
Development of career
Calculus class
Recognition
Further work
Later life

Content: The conflicts in Garfield high school escalated, and in 1900 Escalante lost his position in the maths department. His classes were overcrowded, sometimes more than 50 students attended them instead of the allowed 35, and this also raised some debate about Escalante’s work. As his class reached top interest in 1991, he was forced to leave Garfield because of the scandals and political situation inside the school. Jaime Escalante started working in Sacramento in California, which attracted vast numbers of his previous students from Garfield. To honor his accomplishments, in 1993 an asteroid was named after Escalante – “ 5095 Escalante”. In Garfield another teacher, Angelo Villavicencio took over Escalante’s work but was also forced to leave Garfield, as his demands to create another class for the program were denied. After Escalante and Villavicencio left Garfield, the level and quality of the maths program declined. The number of students who successfully passed the calculus exam decreased more than by 80%. Later life
Jaime Escalante returned to his home in Bolivia in 2001. There he lived together with his wife and continued teaching at a university there.