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...”

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1988

1h 43m

3.8(176)

Drama

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3.8

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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.