Digital News Report – Jaime Escalante, the high school calculus teacher who provided a little excitement for his children learning the usually drab subject, died this week of cancer.
He taught at Garfield High in East Los Angeles from 1974 through 1991. He was made famous in the movie “Stand and Deliver”. Actor Edward James Olmos (“America Me” and “Battlestar Galactica”) played the role of Escalante.
He is survived by his wife Fabiola and his sons Fernando and Jaime Jr. Escalante was 79.
By: Mark Williams