Teacher Uses Stand and Deliver Spotlight to Boost Garfield Math
EAST LOS ANGELES AP Jaime Escalante shapes Garfield High math class amid media intrusion and student ambition. He pushes students to excel in calculus, raising test passage counts from five in 1979 to 87 last year, with a record 160 Garfield students expected to take the exam this year.
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Olmos returns home to shoot Stand and Deliver
Miami Vice star Edward James Olmos revisits East Los Angeles to film Stand and Deliver about a tough math teacher who helps a Hispanic class triumph in 1982. The movie, produced and co-written by Olmos, aims to inspire through humanities and resilient community stories.
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