Plus, it was easy to produce in terms of sets and costumes. The audience and performers enjoyed the show tremendously. "This play was a huge success at my middle school. ![]() Review by Chuck Malone, Waukesha North High School, Waukesha, Wis. It's a great way to include ESL students and it's a good learning opportunity both for ESL students and regular students." "It's a great show because it teaches a great lesson on value and importance. Review by Kellerie Aldape, McLane High School, Fresno, Calif. It was easy and fun to produceÑa great play for high schools! :)" Also, the show has many comic moments despite its serious theme. It was a great show to perform because audiences recognize the characters and want to see how the show compares to the movie. " Stand and Deliver was very much like the movie. Review by Paul Palmore, Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii This play reaches young actors in a special way." The actors and audience learn about different cultures, different times, and about important moral values. " Stand and Deliver is an excellent example of a great teaching play. To apply for livestream or record & stream rights, please complete this form. To review some frequently asked questions about streaming, please click here. Notes Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available The result provides the dramatic conclusion to this emotion-packed, inspirational, urban fairy tale. Reluctantly, the students agree to retest. Ambition and pride vanish in a single computerized keystroke. All 18 pass! However, the skeptical Educational Testing Service invalidates the scores because of the unusual similarity of wrong answers. Pressure mounts! Escalante works his students and himself so obsessively that he suffers a heart attack a couple of days before the test nonetheless, 18 students take the test. A class goal is set: to take the Advanced Placement Calculus Test, an exam so demanding that less than two percent of seniors attempt it. Still, his quirky sense of humor, antics and offbeat teaching methods mesmerize and motivate his students. When Jaime Escalante leaves a career in engineering to teach high school math, he is assigned to a barrio school with a reputation for gangs, drugs and dropouts, an ill-funded school that is also in imminent danger of losing its accreditation. A motion picture originally released by Warner Brothers, this Oscar-nominated drama is the compelling true story of a dedicated East Los Angeles teacher who surmounts overwhelming odds in his quest to turn inner-city students into whiz kids.
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