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 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." 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.