Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto
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Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Ramón Menéndez
- Producers
- Tom Musca, Lindsay Law
- Cast
- Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan
- Studio
- American Playhouse, Olmos Productions
