September 27, 2016
K-12: Teaching Knowledge vs. Teaching Ideology
By Bruce Deitrick Price
In 1974, Jaime Escalante took a job at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, California. He found himself in a challenging situation: teaching math to Hispanic students at a rundown school known for violence and drugs. While many dismissed his students as unteachable, Escalante pushed them to reach their potential. He started an advanced mathematics program with a handful of students. He was so successful that a testing service accused his students of cheating. They weren't. Hollywood made a fine movie out of the story called Stand and Deliver (1988).
Escalante's students were the last ones expected to succeed academically, but Escalante told them: "I'll teach you math, and that's your language. With that, you're going to make it. You're going to college and sit in the first row,
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