Title: Jaime Escalante - Wikipedia
Headings: Jaime Escalante
Jaime Escalante
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Early life
Education
Early career
National attention
Departure from Garfield
Later life
Death and legacy
Awards and honors
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Content: The math program's decline at Garfield became apparent following the departure of Escalante and other teachers associated with its inception and development. In just a few years, the number of AP calculus students at Garfield who passed their exams dropped by more than 80%. In 1996, Villavicencio contacted Garfield's new principal, Tony Garcia, and offered to come back to help revive the dying calculus program. His offer was rejected. Later life
In the mid-1990s, Escalante became a strong supporter of English-only education efforts. In 1997, he joined Ron Unz's English for the Children initiative, which eventually ended most bilingual education in California schools. In 2001, after many years of preparing teenagers for the AP calculus exam, Escalante returned to his native Bolivia. He lived in his wife's hometown, Cochabamba, and taught at Universidad Privada del Valle [ es]. He returned to the United States frequently to visit his children. In early 2010
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, Escalante faced financial difficulties from the cost of his cancer treatment.