Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Stand and Deliver

Many of you may recall the movie, Stand and Deliver, about Jaime Escalante and his work with underprivileged youth in Los Angeles. Escalante, who died March 30, raised the bar for many students, providing them the tools to succeed when others had written them off. Here is an article about one of his students and a reminder that when we work intelligently and diligently, great things can happen.