Jaime Escalante

Jaime Escalante is a teacher in the film Stand and Deliver.

History
Homer watched Stand and Deliver to learn how to become a better teacher. In the film, Escalante tells a student to go to the workshop and make himself a push broom because he's going to need it.

Behind the Laughter
(December 31, 1930 – March 30, 2010) was a Bolivian educator. He was the focus of the film  where he was portrayed by Edward James Olmos.