A flagman gave the signal. Escalante engaged the clutch, shifted into first, and began to roll. The date was March 15, ...

Escalante, who died Tuesday at his son’s home near Sacramento, Calif., will be recognized posthumously as a “cultural ambassador” for his work on […] Skip to content.

Jaime Escalante died yesterday.He was 79, and had been suffering from bladder cancer. Even if you don't recognize the name, you've probably heard of him. The inner-city math teacher who inspired ...

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A Los Angeles-area school has been named for late calculus teacher Jaime Escalante, whose story about pushing underachieving students to succeed was chronicled in the 1988 hit movie "Stand and ...

As the interim chief, Escalante plans to continue to build the relationship and trust between the department and the community, he said. He also hopes to continue to expand staff and find better ...

Escalante, she said, gave hope to an entire community and changed thousands of lives. His ended on Tuesday, just hours after Olmos drove Escalante from a hospital in Reno to his son's home near ...