Escalante: The Best Teacher in America
Subtitle: the best teacher in America
By: Jay Mathews.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Holt
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Escalante, Jaime.; James A. Garfield High School (Los Angeles, Calif.); High school teachers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
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.
Notes: Includes index.