Title: Jaime Escalante Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline
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Jaime Escalante Biography
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Who was Jaime Escalante?
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Content: Spouse/Ex-: Fabiola Tapia
father: Zenobio Escalante
mother: Sara Escalante
children: Fernando, Jaime Jr.
Died on: March 30, 2010
place of death: Roseville
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education: California State University, Los Angeles, Pasadena City College
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Who was Jaime Escalante? Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutiérrez was a celebrated Bolivian teacher and one of the most famous educators in America during 1980s and 1990s. He began teaching mathematics to troubled students in a Los Angeles school and became famous for leading many of them to pass the advanced placement calculus test.