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Brilliance by Design
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Brilliance by Design

by Vicki Halsey
January 2011
Beginner content levelBeginner
216 pages
5h 54m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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INTRODUCTIONThe Time for Brilliance Has Come

Stand and Deliver is the story of Jaime Escalante, a mathematics teacher in an East Los Angeles high school who challenged his students to achieve greatness. He dared to teach with the intention of ensuring that not only would all his students graduate from high school, but also any who aspired to go to college could go. He dedicated himself to teaching his pupils how to strive and inspiring them to learn in order to reach their fullest potential.

Escalante employed innovative teaching methods that attracted the students’ attention, sparked their intelligence, and, most importantly, transformed their lives by changing their beliefs about their own talents and capabilities. Despite a wall of disapproval ...

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ISBN: 9781605094236