Ron ClarkRon Clark is the author of bestseller The Essential 55, which has sold more than one million copies in twenty-five different languages. He has been named American Teacher of the Year by Disney and was Oprah Winfrey's pick as her Phenomeal Man. He founded The Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, which more than 25,000 educators from around the world have visited to learn about the extraordinary ways that teachers and parents of RCA have helped children achieve great success. He has been featured on The Today Show and CNN, and his experiences have been turned into the film The Ron Clark Story, starring Matthew Perry. Read More Read Less