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: That year, he also started to teach calculus at East Los Angeles College. By 1987, 73 students passed the AB version of the exam, and another 12 passed the BC version. That was the peak for the calculus program. The same year, Gradillas went on sabbatical to finish his doctorate with hopes that he could be reinstated as principal at Garfield or a similar school with a similar program upon his return. In 1988, a book, Escalante: The Best Teacher in America by Jay Mathews, and a film, Stand and Deliver, were released based on the events of 1982. Teachers and other interested observers asked to sit in on his classes. He shared with them: " The key to my success with youngsters is a very simple and time-honored tradition: hard work for teacher and student alike."