The Essential 55

If there were a code you could learn that would lead you to become a great teacher -- of students, of your children, or of any young person in your life -- wouldn't you want to learn it? The Essential 55 is a collection of the amazingly effective rules that Ron Clark used to become an extraordinary teacher. Through trial and error, this teacher has distilled fifty-five ideas that have helped him take apathetic students in some of the country's most challenging areas and transform them into award-winning scholars. Covering all aspects of life, from the classroom to the world, from human interactions to the most frightening of all -- cafeteria and bathroom manners -- Ron Clark shows that with determination, discipline, and regular rewards, the children you stick by will be the children you eventually admire. Book jacket.

Ron Clark has been a teacher since 1995. Originally from North Carolina, he has taught in some of the most difficult schools in the country, most recently in Harlem, NY. Since winning the 2001 Disney Teacher of the Year Award, he has spoken to teachers, PTAs, and school boards across the country. He lives in Atlanta