Escalante : the best teacher in America /
Mathews, Jay, -1945
Escalante : the best teacher in America / Jay Mathews. - New York : Holt, 1989, c1988. - ix, 322 p. 23 cm.
An Owl book.
An inspiring book that proves the American dream is still very much alive. An immigrant teacher from Bolivia, Jaime Escalante achieved remarkable results with his students at Garfield High in East Los Angeles, a school riddled with gang violence. Even more fascinating than Stand and Deliver, the movie based on Escalante's story. www.alibris.com
805011951
High school teachers--California--Los Angeles
LD 7501.L73 / .M424 1989
Escalante : the best teacher in America / Jay Mathews. - New York : Holt, 1989, c1988. - ix, 322 p. 23 cm.
An Owl book.
An inspiring book that proves the American dream is still very much alive. An immigrant teacher from Bolivia, Jaime Escalante achieved remarkable results with his students at Garfield High in East Los Angeles, a school riddled with gang violence. Even more fascinating than Stand and Deliver, the movie based on Escalante's story. www.alibris.com
805011951
High school teachers--California--Los Angeles
LD 7501.L73 / .M424 1989
