Jaime Escalante, the inspiration for “Stand and Deliver,” battles cancer and has run out of money for his treatments
I was sad to read this news in an email from education reformer Whitney Tilson. Below is the text from Tilson’s email. Information on donations is also below: KTLA News, 2:17 PM PST, March 1, 2010 Jaime Escalante LOS ANGELES — Jaime Escalante, the Los Angeles math teacher whose inspirational career was made famous in […]
Tags: AP Calculus, cancer, East Los Angeles, Edward James Olmos, Garfield High School, Hispanic students, Jaime Escalante, medical bills, Stand and Deliver, Whitney Tilson
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