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Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school located in a Hispanic neighborhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try to turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
- Directors
- Ramón Menéndez
- Cast
- Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan, Virginia Paris, Eliot, Adelaida Alvarez, Carmen Argenziano, Bodie Olmos, Vanessa Marquez, Graham Galloway, Daniel Villarreal, Manuel Benitez, Will Gotay, Ingrid Oliu, Karla Montana, Lydia Nicole, Betty Carvalho
- Country
- United States of America
- Genre
- Drama
- Release date
- 1988-03-11
- Studios
- American Playhouse, Olmos Productions
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Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school located in a Hispanic neighborhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try to turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
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