Is Mr. Escalante a good teacher?

As to the question of whether or not Mr. Escalante is a good teacher I will give the following:

Mr. Escalante teases the students at their level, in a way that is trying to encourage the students based on how they interact with each other. This sometimes goes too far as he unknowingly hurt the feelings of one of his students.  Mr. Escalante makes assumptions that he is always right. When the students all get the same answer to a question that differs from his answer he derides them instead of using it as a teaching moment and working through the problem with them.  This may be the cause of them all getting the same wrong answers on their AP Test.  In these cases he is not a good teacher.

Overall he does a good job maintaining discipline in his class and motivating his students.  He pushes them a little hard, he encourages them. He goes to Anna's fathers restaurant to get her father to let her come back to class, and tells her father how capable she is.  He gives Angel 3 books so he can be studying without letting others know that he is trying to do a good job in class.  He challenges the students to go beyond the expectations of how they are raised and what their environment expects of them, what everyone including the school administrators feel that they are capable of.  In doing this and letting his students know he is looking out for their best interest he is a good teacher.

Overall I would say he is a good teacher.  He was trying to prove a point to everyone that the students could excel, and he achieved this.  However he did not always listen to the students and I think that hurt their performance to a degree. He did get results there can be no denying that but there was in my opinion excessive stress on the students.