California IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : Educators Group Honors Escalante
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Jaime Escalante, the East Los Angeles educator whose rigorous math teaching inspired the movie “Stand and Deliver,” received the 1990 American Education Award. Escalante, who last week announced he is leaving his teaching job at Garfield High School, was honored Saturday by the American Assn. of School Administrators.
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