My highschool calculus teacher told us his own experience with Escalante. We were in Northern California, not too far from Hiram Johnson, and the calculus progr

My highschool calculus teacher told us his own experience with Escalante. We were in Northern California, not too far from Hiram Johnson, and the calculus program there was considered a failure. Escalante made all his students sign contracts that they wouldn't participate in any extracurricular activities (like sports, clubs, etc..) to be admitted into his calculus program. When he tried to do the same at Hiram Johnson, nobody wanted to join his classes. Apparently, he was also a hard man to work with and needed absolute control over his work (as stated in the article). Though his system obviously worked, imagine having to work with a cocky person who wants absolute fine grained control over everything that goes on in your office. Even if it is successful, most people would probably be more than angry.