Rafe Esquith: 'Lighting Their Fires'
In "Lighting Their Fires: How Parents and Teachers Can Raise Extraordinary Kids in a Mixed-Up, Muddled-Up, Shook-Up World," Esquith expands on the techniques presented in his New York Times bestseller, "Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire," to show that any child can become extraordinary. Rafe Esquith has taught at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles for 24 years. He is the only teacher to have been awarded the president's national Medal of the Arts.