There Are No Shortcuts
Written by Rafe Esquith
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $15.00
The banner in Rafe Esquith’s classroom at Hobart Elementary School reads: “There are no shortcuts.” And his students are a testament to the power of that philosophy. These are kids who speak English as a second language, fourth--and fifth--graders who go to school in a part of Los Angeles where violence...
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There Are No Shortcuts
Written by Rafe Esquith
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 11, 2004
Price: $15.00
Year after year, Rafe Esquith’s fifth-grade students excel. They read passionately, far above their grade level; tackle algebra; and stage Shakespeare so professionally that they often wow the great Shakespearen actor himself, Sir Ian McKellen. Yet Esquith teaches at an L.A. innercity school known as the Jungle, where few of his...
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