1964-In 1964 he decided to migrate to the United States, but His first stop was the Universidad de Puerto Rico, where he took some Science and Mathematics courses
1988- He was the subject of the 1988 movie Stand and Deliver, which dramatized his efforts to help underachieving Latino students beat the odds and pass an advanced placement calculus test.
1991- The number of Garfield students taking advanced placement examinations in math and other subjects had increased to 570.
2001- After many years of preparing teenagers for the A.P. calculus exam, Escalante returned to his native Bolivia. He lived in his wife's hometown, Cochabamba, and taught part time at the local university.
2010- He faced financial difficulties from the cost of his cancer treatment.
March 30, 2010- (aged 79); He dies at his son's home near Sacramento while undergoing treatment for bladder cancer. He was survived by his wife Fabiola and his sons Fernando and Jaime Jr.
December 31st, 1930 to March 30th, 2010 "Jaime Escalante died at 79; A math teacher who challenged East L.A. students to 'Stand and Deliver'" He became America's most famous teacher after the 1988 movie portrayed his success at mentoring working-class pupils at Garfield High to pass a hard national calculus exam. He died of cancer on March 31, 2010.
This website does not help at all. I want a timeline from when he was alive to when he was dead. I would give this site NEGATIVE 5 stars
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