Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a poor Hispanic neighborhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
Tom Musca
Writer
Ramón Menéndez
Director
Ramón Menéndez
Writer
Tom Musca
Producer
Tom Richmond
Director of Photography
Nancy Richardson
Editor
Craig Safan
Original Music Composer
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"Stand and Deliver" is episode 6 of American Playhouse season 8. Directed by Ramón Menéndez and written by Tom Musca, Ramón Menéndez, it aired on March 15, 1989.