Jaime Escalante, the math teacher who inspired the 1988 film Stand and Deliver , died Tuesday. He was 79. Escalante died at his son’s home after battling bladder cancer for several years, family friend Keith Miller told The Associated Press . As a math teacher at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, Escalante completely transformed the school’s mathematics curriculum and pushed… Read More …
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Jaime Escalante, Inspiration for Stand and Deliver, Dies at 79 (TV Guide)
