Stand And Deliver Based On True Story

Directed by ramón menéndez.

Stand and deliver based on true story. Edward james olmos portrayed jaime escalante. That was a little closer to the true story than. Stand and deliver is a 1988 american drama film based on the true story of a high school mathematics teacher jaime escalante for portraying escalante edward james olmos was nominated for the academy award for best actor at the 61st academy awards. The film won the independent spirit award for best feature in 1988.

Escalante expecting to teach a computer science course on his first day at garfield high school was given a math classroom full of losers and. Based on the true story of the real life jaime escalante stand and deliver tells the typical american underdog story where an inner city school leaves the shadows and steps into the light. He accepted a job at garfield high school as a computer science teacher. Stand and deliver revisited.

Garfield high school determined to change the system and challenge the students to a higher level of excellence. The story of jaime escalante a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus. Humanities general philosophy and religion political science mathematics study and teaching mathematics teachers evaluation schools urban schools curricula. Escalante is a new teacher at james a.

In the early 1980 s jaime escalante quit his middle class job to pursue a high school teaching career. Stand and deliver is a 1988 american drama film based on the true story of high school math teacher jaime escalante. Jaime alfonso escalante gutiérrez december 31 1930 march 30 2010 was a bolivian american educator known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at garfield high school in east los angeles escalante was the subject of the 1988 film stand and deliver in which he is portrayed by edward james olmos. Stand and deliver revisited the untold story behind the famous rise and shameful fall of jaime escalante america s master math teacher.

In 1993 the asteroid 5095 escalante was named after him. The untold story behind the famous rise and shameful fall of jaime escalante america s master math teacher. Stand and deliver 1988 pg 1h 43m dramas in this mostly true story inner city teacher jaime escalante inspires a classroom of rebellious remedial students to excel in mathematics. In 2011 the film was deemed culturally historically or aesthetically.

Based on a true story this low budget theatrical masterpiece opens with the background of eastern la.