Books like EXCELLENT 11, THE by Ron Clark

A compelling guide for teachers aiming to reconnect with their calling and passion for educating.

Ron Clark’s ESSENTIAL 55 rules were created to help him control his first class in rural North Carolina where the students had little interest in lessons, and the parents believed school was extended day care. In teaching these students to be orderly, respectful and to feel appreciated, he took a group of below-average students and turned them into stars (for example he took 5th grade students who were reading at a 3rd grade level to reading at 6th grade level and loving it). He continued his mission in Harlem, where he found a school that needed him the most and worked the same magic. But it’s not magic. Ron Clark knows how to teach by using discipline and affection in almost equal measure. He devotes his time to teaching these kids how to live in the world so that they have respect for themselves and those around them-rules that apply to all of us. Some of the ESSENTIAL 55 include: how to accept compliments, how to return a greeting, how to gracefully lose a game. In hearing Ron Clark’s engaging voice, combined with his confident manner at changing the lives of these kids for the better, any reader will feel she can influence a student, a young child or a son graduating from college and going out into the world.

A practical guide for teachers and parents, The Excellent 11 offers eleven themed lessons— from adventure and ingenuity to creativity and love— that extend learning beyond the classroom into everyday life.

It is about concept maps and how to create them. A very operative manual on the techniques of concept mapping and functional analysis of scientific documents proposed by two of Ausubel's main disciples.

A young performer struggles with her self-confidence and decides to audition for the spring musical at her high school.