Stand and Deliver (1988)

7.6 | Mar 11, 1988 (US) | Drama | 01:43

mathematics education based on true story teacher drop-out high school teacher mexican american

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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.