Editing Stand and Deliver (section)

==Legacy==
In December 2011, ''Stand and Deliver'' was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States [[Library of Congress]] and selected for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]].<ref name="LOC">{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-240.html|title=2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates|work=Library of Congress|date=December 28, 2011|access-date=December 29, 2011|archive-date=July 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704135038/http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-240.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Registry said the film was "one of the most popular of a new wave of narrative feature films produced in the 1980s by Latino filmmakers" and that it "celebrates in a direct, approachable, and impactful way, values of self-betterment through hard work and power through knowledge."<ref name="LOC"/>

The film is recognized by the [[American Film Institute]] as #86 on its 2006 [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers]] list.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/cheers100.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=2016-08-14 |archive-date=2013-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316140946/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/cheers100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2013, [[Rand Paul]] was accused of - and subsequently admitted to - plagiarizing the Wikipedia page of the movie in one of his speeches.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaczynski |first=Andrew |date=2013-10-30 |title=Rand Paul Defends Wikipedia Plagiarism |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/rand-paul-defends-wikipedia-plagiarism |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carroll |first=James R. |title=Rand Paul admits his plagiarism 'is my fault' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/06/rand-paul-plagiarism/3451991/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2016, the United States Postal Service issued a 1st Class Forever "Jaime Escalante" stamp to honor "the East Los Angeles teacher whose inspirational methods led supposedly 'unteachable' high school students to master calculus."<ref>{{cite news|date=2016-06-09|title=Stamp Announcement 16-26: Jaime Escalante Stamp|language=en-US|work=United States Postal Service|url=https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2016/pb22443/html/info_006.htm|access-date=2022-05-08}}</ref>