Stand and Deliver (1988)

Back around the era when this came out in the late '80's/early '90's it felt like there was a new heroic teacher drama (Dead Poet's Society, Lean On Me) being released every six months. This particular inspirational drama was directed by Ramon Menendez and might be one of the best of that group. It's based upon the true story of Jaime Escalante and his advanced math class at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. Escalante was a math whiz and he taught his students not on...