RAFE ESQUITH, CALLED 'THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS TEACHER' BY THE WASHINGTON POST, LANGUISHES IN LAUSD "TEACHER JAIL" ...FOR READING HUCK FINN? (7 stories)

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Renowned Educator Rafe Esquith on Suspension From Teaching

Education Week (subscription) (blog) - ‎22 hours ago‎

Internationally acclaimed Los Angeles elementary school teacher Rafe Esquith was put on indefinite leave from the classroom earlier this year amid allegations of misconduct, though the circumstances behind the suspension remain murky, according to local ...

Award-Winning Teacher Removed From Classroom Gives LAUSD An Ultimatum

CBS Local - ‎10 hours ago‎

Rafe Esquith was removed from the classroom at Hobart Elementary, an LAUSD school in Koreatown, after a fellow teacher complained about Esquith reciting a passage from Mark Twain's “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” The book, of course, is a ...

Famous Teacher Suspended For Reading Mark Twain, Says Lawyer

LAist - ‎18 hours ago‎

Rafe Esquith, who teaches fifth grade in Koreatown's Hobart Boulevard Elementary School, was suspended by LAUSD back in March and has yet to return to the classroom. Although the district has not said why they are investigating Esquith, his lawyer told ...

Award-Winning Teacher Removed from Class for Reading Mark Twain

Reason (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎

Public DomainRafe Esquith, a nationally-recognized teacher at Hobart Boulevard Elementary School in Los Angeles, California, was removed from class several months ago after another teacher complained about him. What was his crime? Reading Mark ...

Tony Norman: Inspiring teacher draws baffling critics

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - ‎10 hours ago‎

Rafe Esquith, long renowned as a Los Angeles elementary school teacher, has been suspended since March for unspecified “misconduct.” Mr. Esquith's attorney says he was turned in by another teacher for the unforgivable sin of reading passages aloud ...

Nationally recognized teacher removed from class after allegations of misconduct

West Point Tidewater Review - ‎20 hours ago‎

Rafe Esquith, a longtime educator at Hobart Boulevard Elementary School who has written several books on teaching and received multiple awards for his work, has not been allowed to return to school since district officials launched an investigation in March ...