Jaime Escalante To Be Honored on a U.S. Postage Stamp This Year

14 Jan 2016 by Javier Restrepo in Celebrities, Event, Fame, Film, Films, General, Home, Profile, Stars, Television

Last December 31 was the birthday of respected educator Jaime Escalante. He would have been 85. The beloved and charismatic California educator used unconventional methods to inspire his inner-city students not only to learn calculus but also to pass Advanced Placement tests in the subject. With his colleagues at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, he proved that students judged to be “unteachable” could master even the most difficult subject.

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Escalante was immortalized in the 1988 in the film “Stand and Deliver” starring Academy Award nominee Edward James Olmos.

In 2016, the United States Postal Service will issue a Forever Stamp to honor Escalante. The stamp features Escalante in a digital illustration that resembles an oil painting. The illustration is based on a 2005 photograph taken by Jaime W. Escalante in a classroom where his father formerly taught.

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