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LOS ANGELES — Jaime Escalante transformed a tough East Los Angeles high school by motivating struggling inner-city students to master advanced math, became one of America’s most famous teachers and inspired the movie “Stand and Deliver.”

He died Tuesday at age 79 after battling cancer for several years, family friend Keith Miller said.
Escalante used his outsized [...]

Actors Vanessa Marquez, Ingrid Oliu and Will Gotay recently got together with other cast members of the 1988 film Stand and Deliver, which was based on the inspirational life of Garfield High math teacher Jaime A. Escalante for a happy reunion. Little did they know that only a week later they would once again be [...]