Mr. Escalante compared to Mr. Keating

Mr. Escalante's teaching where very student oriented, he made the classroom fun and interactive. Mr. Keating taught in a similar manner, he made the students look "outside of the box" and taught them to believe in themselves and to express themselves as an individual. Both of these teacher clearly car for their students, Mr. Keating pushed his students to write their own poetry, even if they didn't feel comfortable with speaking publicly.
But, both of these teachers are also very different because they teach in completely different environments. Mr. Escalant taught students who didn't believe they could ever excel in an academic environment, Mr. Escalante pushed his students from algebra to calculus. Mr. Keating took a different approach, because the students where so used to being pushed around by their teachers and parents to excel academically, he decided to bring things down to a human level and teach them about themselves. Instead of pushing the students i think he was trying to pull them back and let them reflect on themselves, instead of teaching them to excel academically he was teaching them how to excel in life.