Jaime escalante biography book

If you've seen the movie "Stand and Deliver," you have a grip on what this book is about. It's the life story of Jaime Escalante who became famous for taking a failing school in East Los Angeles and churning out a high number of students who could pass the Advanced Placement Calculus exam.

It really boils down to him being a master teacher.

While his profile hit the national (international, really) spotlight when some of his students were accused of cheating during this exam, the part that dumbfounded people were the students themselves who were taking it. These were not students expected to perform at such an advanced level.

How did he do it?

Reading his life story and the techniques he used are still inspiring to this day. While we have better tools than what was available to him in the early 80s, the core of how he got his students on board are timeless, universal principles:

Build rapport with your students, show them yo

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