Rafe Esquith

Rafe Esquith is an award-winning teacher.

Life

Esquith attended the University of California, Los Angeles. He has taught since 1984 at the Hobart Boulevard Elementary School in Los Angeles ( California). There are many students from educated parents and with an immigrant background, 92 % of the students are there live below the poverty line. All his students are non-native speakers.

His students perform each year on Shakespeare plays, including in the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Globe Theatre and the Ahmanson Theatre. 2005 about the documentary "The Hobart Shakespeareans " was filmed.

Awards

Publications

  • There Are No Shortcuts (2003) ISBN 0-375-42202-1 - published in 2003, this book is a required reading for EDCI 205 ( Exploring Teaching as a Career ) at Purdue University.
  • Teach Like Your Hair 's on Fire (2007) ISBN 0-670-03815-6
  • Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children in a Mixed -up, Muddled -up, Shook -up World ( 2009; ISBN 0-670-02108-3 ) - a slim (208 -page ) book is Addressed to parents but organized around a class trip to Dodger Stadium, with sections revolving around concepts including Punctuality, Focus, Decision Making, Taking Pride in What You Do, selflessness, Humility, Patience, and Teaching Kids to Grow.
  • Real Talk for Real Teachers: Advice for Teachers from Rookies to Veterans: " No Retreat, No Surrender! " ( 2013, ISBN 978-0-670-01464-4 )
William Shakespeare National Medal of Arts Dalai Lama
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