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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...

PG Drama

Starring: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris

Writer: Tom Musca, Ramón Menéndez

Release Date:
March 11, 1988
Ratings:
7.6 / 10
Director:
Ramón Menéndez
Companies:
American Playhouse

Overview

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.