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when he was n’t transforming young lives , esquith was writing inspirational books and accepting lots of awards : in addition to the national medal of the arts , his prizes include oprah winfrey ’s use your life award , disney ’s national outstanding teacher of the year award , and even dalai lama ’s compassion in action award .
then there was : an incident from march 2015 in which esquith “ america ’s best classroom teacher ” in 2007 , wrote that : * he has been dismissed for murky reasons that appear to be part of a witch hunt against hundreds of other l.a. educators … the result of l.a. school leaders losing touch with reality after being these crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to .
until he was removed from the classroom this spring , esquith , 61 , had taught fifth grade at hobart elementary school , a high - poverty school in los angeles with an overwhelming percentage of english - language learners , for more than 30 years .
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 in shocking documents released tuesday by los angeles unified school district .
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” … esquith told a student who would appear in an upcoming play that “ if the audience does n’t like his performance , he can perform while nude , or at least wear a fig leaf .
esquith ’s “ hobart shakespeareans ” nonprofit , which puts on a shakespeare production every year in his classroom , became world - renowned , the subject of a pbs documentary , and a resplendent example of the miracles that committed public educators can work even in challenging school environments .