Attorneys for Los Angeles Unified teacher Rafe Esquith raised the stakes in their battle to get him reinstated this week, signaling their intent to file a class-action lawsuit for those in so-called ...

Rafe Esquith is one of the most successful teachers in the U.S., a man who's been given every imaginable award. Oprah Winfrey gave him a $100,000 grant. Disney named him the National Outstanding ...

Host Michel Martin hears from a group of teachers about how education policies and technology are changing today's classrooms. She's joined by fifth grade teacher Rafe Esquith, third grade teacher ...

In the first two weeks of September, many public-television stations will be airing a program called “The Hobart Shakespeareans” as part of the documentary series “P.O.V.” Since that title may not ...

Tonight on the PBS program P.O.V., much of the country will discover another teacher who has the magic. Rafe Esquith teaches Shakespeare to fifth graders at Hobart Boulevard Elementary in Koreatown.

In The Hobart Shakespeareans, one instructor proves again that children rise to meet expectations To find an early advocate of dumbing down the curriculum, look to Shakespeare’s Desdemona. “Those that ...

Every day since 1981, Rafe Esquith has faced an L.A. public schoolroom full of kids who nearly all live in poverty and speak a first language other than English. By the time fifth grade’s over for the ...

Rafe Esquith is a trail-blazing, fast-talking, fifth-grade teacher who has racked up a slew of awards for his work at a public school in Los Angeles. Ninety-two percent of the children at the school ...

YAKIMA, Wash. - With a twinkle in his eye reminiscent of Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka, Rafe Esquith insists that he's not anything special. Sure, he's been knighted by the Queen of England, was awarded ...

What's a Los Angeles middle-school teacher to do when charged with a bunch of fifth and sixth graders, none of whom speak English at home and most of whom are eligible for free lunches? If you're ...

Rafe Esquith is one of the country’s most renowned urban educators, having received numerous prestigious awards for his work in “Room 56” of Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles. Known for his ...

There’s a new twist in the story of Rafe Esquith, the L.A. elementary school teacher who was removed from his classroom in April and put into “teacher jail” after allegedly making an inappropriate ...