When asked to find a YouTube video of a teacher I immediately thought of Jaime Escalante from the movie Stand and Deliver. The movie chronicles a math teacher in East Los Angeles who takes students that many think are incapable of learning and turns them into high achieving Calculus students. Against an overwhelming amount of obstacles including having to take the AP exam twice because of a racist AP Exam Board the students not only pass but excel at the exam. The video is a true demonstration of students rising to meet expectations. In 1981 no students took the AP exam. In 1982 (the year the movie is based on) 18 students both took and passed the exam. Jaime Escalante continued to grow the AP program and in 1987 an astounding 85 students passed the AP Calculus Exam. The clip below shows Mr. Escalante passing out a contract to his students with his expectations and requirements for his math class.
thanks Scott, great story, especially the part where he is explaining the advanced placement
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