When a colleague complained that Rafe Esquith, the most celebrated teacher in Los Angeles, had made a joke about nudity to his fifth-grade students, the district called into action a newly formed ...

At one point, Esquith ends an email with “your favorite ATM. Rafe.” In one 2013 email, Esquith praised a former student, who was 14 years old, saying she was “Beautiful. Elegant. Dazzling. Sexy.

Rafe Esquith (second from right) received a National Medal of the Arts award from President George W. Bush in 2003. Some of the allegations refer to circumstances that predate Esquith’s time ...

On Oct. 13, behind closed doors, the Los Angeles Board of Education voted to fire Rafe Esquith, as first reported by the Los Angeles Times. Esquith is probably the nation's best classroom teacher.

Rafe Esquith has been barred from teaching as part of an investigation that began with him telling a joke. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

Rafe Esquith—perhaps the most decorated elementary-school teacher in the country, the only K-12 educator ever to receive the National Medal of the Arts—has been accused of sexual misconduct ...

Esquith 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 ...

Rafe Esquith’s classroom is dingy and cluttered, but it hardly matters. Within seconds inside it, it becomes clear why Esquith has been anointed as one of those magical teachers who propels his ...

An attorney for celebrated Los Angeles Unified teacher Rafe Esquith on Thursday accused the district of employing an "investigative hit squad" to drum up false charges against older, well-paid ...

The Los Angeles school district has been hit with a $1 billion lawsuit alleging it conducts “witch hunts” against older teachers to save on retirement benefits.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17 (UPI) --Teacher Rafe Esquith filed a $1 billion class-action lawsuit on behalf of nearly 2,000 teachers against the Los Angeles Unified School District. The suit follows the ...

Rafe Esquith may have been America’s most famous teacher — even, some said, its best — when the Los Angeles Unified School District fired him in 2015. The three lawsuits prompted by that ...