The compelling true story of a dedicated East Los Angeles teacher who surmounts overwhelming odds in his quest to turn inner-city students into whiz kids. When Jaime Escalante leaves a career in engineering to teach high school math, he is assigned to a barrio school with a reputation for gangs, drugs and dropouts, an ill-funded school that is also in imminent danger of losing its accreditation. Still, his quirky sense of humor, antics and offbeat teaching methods mesmerize and motivate his students.
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Stand And Deliver
"A little like a fairy tale, even if it is based on a real story." —NY Times
Dec 2-11, 2011
Screenplay by Ramon Menendez and Tom Musca
Adapted for the stage by Robert Bella
Directed by Alex Guerra