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MON., OCT. 29, 2007
6:00 PM - Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square
Jaime Escalante
Educator
"Genas: Creating the Desire to Learn"
- Professor and teacher
of mathematics and
physics
- Gained national
recognition for inner city
students' success on
A.P. Calculus exam
- Escalante was played by
Edward James Olmos in
Stand and Deliver
- Hosted two PBS
programs showing
mathematical
applications in careers
- Received Presidential
Medal for Excellence in
Education in 1988
- Inducted into the
Teacher's Hall of Fame
in 1999
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