Escalante: The Best Teacher in America

Description:

Chronicles the remarkable life and work of a man who, himself an immigrant, coached and inspired underprivileged Hispanic students thought to be "hopeless" to excel to unprecedented standards in mathematics.

subjects: High school teachers,  Biography,  James A. Garfield High School (Los Angeles, Calif.),  James A. Garfield High School,  Professeurs (Enseignement secondaire),  Los Angeles,  Biographies,  Kompensatorische Erziehung,  Teachers, united states,  Teachers, biography,  Teachers

People: Jaime Escalante

Places: California,  Los Angeles