Stand and deliver jaime escalante biography

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    Born
    31 December
    La Paz, Bolivia
    Died
    30 March
    Roseville, California, USA
    Summary
    Jaime Escalante was a high school mathematics teacher in both his native Bolivia and in the United States. He became famous when his students became so successful they were accused of cheating, leading to the rulle 'Stand and Deliver'.

    Biography

    Jaime Escalante's full name was Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutiérrez but he was known as Jaime Escalante. He was the son of Zenobio Escalante Rodríguez and Sara Gutiérrez Valle, both of whom were teachers at elementary schools in the town of Achacachi. They had fem children, with Jaime the second eldest of them. He was born in the Sopocachi area of the city of La Paz rather than Achacachi since his mother thought the medical facilities better there and went to stay with relations shortly before his birth. His siblings were Olimpia (born about ), Bertha (born about ) and the twins Félix and Raúl (born about ). Olimpia became
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    Stand and Deliver

    American drama film

    For other uses, see Stand and Deliver (disambiguation).

    Stand and Deliver is a American biographicalcomedy-drama film directed by Ramón Menéndez, written by Menéndez and Tom Musca, based on the true story of a high school mathematics teacher, Jaime Escalante. For portraying Escalante, Edward James Olmos was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 61st Academy Awards.[3] The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature in The film's title refers to the Mr. Mistersong of the same name, which is also featured in the film's ending credits.

    In , the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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    In the early s, Jaime Escalante becomes a mathematics teacher at James A. Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. The school is full of Latino students from working-class

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    Jaime Escalante

    Bolivian educator, teacher and mathematician

    In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Escalante and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.

    Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutiérrez (December 31, – March 30, ) was a Bolivian-American educator known for teaching students calculus from to at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. Escalante was the subject of the film Stand and Deliver, in which he is portrayed by Edward James Olmos.

    In , the asteroid Escalante was named after him.[2]

    Early life

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    Escalante was born in in La Paz, Bolivia. Both of his parents were teachers. Escalante was proud of his Aymara heritage.[3][4]

    Early career

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    Escalante taught mathematics and physics for 12 years in Bolivia before he immigrated to the United States.[4] He worked various jobs while teaching himself English and earning another college degree before eventually returning to the class