RIP Jaime Escalante, Master Teacher

Jaime Escalante taught AP Calculus in one of the toughest schools in the country, and did it so well that, one year, all of his students passed the grueling AP Exam, only to be told by the College Board that they had to retake it. No one believed a bunch of kids in East LA could pass the exam without cheating. They took it again. And passed. His story was the basis for Stand and Deliver.

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