Title: Jaime Escalante - Wikipedia
Headings: Jaime Escalante
Jaime Escalante
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Departure from Garfield
Later life
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Awards and honors
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Content: Escalante received visits from political leaders and celebrities, including President Ronald Reagan and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 1990, Escalante worked with the Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education to produce the video series Futures, which won a Peabody Award. Escalante has described the film as "90% truth, 10% drama." He stated that several points were left out of the film: It took him several years to achieve the kind of success shown in the film. No student who did not know multiplication tables or fractions was ever taught calculus in a single year. Escalante suffered inflammation of the gallbladder, not a heart attack. Over the next few years, Escalante's calculus program continued to grow. Departure from Garfield
In his final years at Garfield, Escalante received threats and hate mail. By 1990, he had lost the math department chairmanship.