Stand and Deliver
At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
- Year: 1988
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: American Playhouse, Olmos Productions
- Keyword: mathematics, education, based on true story, teacher, drop-out, high school teacher, mexican american
- Director: Ramón Menéndez
- Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy García, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan