Rafe Esquith, July 22
b'Esquith offers words of wisdom, inspiring stories, and useful in-class advice: encouragement to new teachers to see through difficult early years, advice on mid-career classroom building, and novel ideas for how longtime educators can put their expertise to work.\\n\\t\\t\\tFifth graders at Hobart Elementary in Los Angeles have been taught by Esquith for 24 years. He is the only classroom teacher to have been awarded the President\\u2019s National Medal of the Arts. His many other honors include the National Teacher of the Year Award and People magazine\\u2019s Heroes Among Us Award.\\n\\t\\t\\tHis books include the bestseller "Teach Like Your Hair\'s on Fire," "There Are No Shortcuts," and "Lighting Their Fires." Esquith and his students were featured in the PBS documentary "The Hobart Shakespeareans."'