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The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules For Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child |  | Author: Ron Clark
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
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Rating:  153 reviews
Sales Rank: 15245
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 4.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 0786888164
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.102
EAN: 9780786888160
ASIN: 0786888164
Publication Date: August 1, 2004
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Now in paperback, Ron Clark's New York Times bestseller that's changing America one child at a time! The runaway bestseller that's a must-have for every parent and teacher. How many authors would travel coast to coast on a bus to get their book into as many hands as possible? Not many. But that's just what Ron Clark, author of The Essential 55, did to keep his book and message in the public eye. And it worked. After his Oprah appearance, sales skyrocketed: we've sold more than 850,000 copies in six months! The book sat tenaciously on the New York Times bestseller list for 11 weeks. Ron Clark was featured on the Today show, and in the Chicago Tribune, Good Housekeeping, and the New York Daily News -- not to mention the calls we've received from teachers and parents who want to get their hands on Ron's guidelines for teaching children. Now in paperback, The Essential 55 will be the perfect book for parents and teachers to slip into their own backpacks, to read on the train or at lunch, and to highlight the sections that resonate for them. And with an author who is truly a partner in getting his message to the masses, we just can't lose.
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 wonderful November 5, 2009
Tammy M. Carpenter (Tallahassee, Fl)
This is a must read for all parents and teachers. Let us teach RESPECT!! Easy to read and enlightening.
 The Essential Rule September 23, 2009
Susan Wakefield (Boston USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book sat on my shelf for a period of, ooh, maybe five years at a guess? One unusually warm day in the early light of Fall, I was cleaning up (and cleaning out) my collection of books. I came across it, and once again put it aside, something for later, a little light-hearted preparatory reading for me when my son started his first day of school. Two weeks ago, at the tender age of five, I bid him farewell as he climbed the big yellow bus into the sky, a mad grin all over his little innocent speckled face.
I picked up Ron and began reading. Five minutes later I put it down again. In the trash.
What on earth are we doing to our children? We are summoning them into the classrooms of the world to make them sit still, listen, obey, be silent, and learn, and....ummmm....what's this, Rule #9? "Always say thank you when I give you something. If you do not say it within three seconds after receiving it....." Ummmmm....well, exxxcuuuuuuse me, Ronny baby. That's a little bit of a stretch, don't you think? Sure, we need to teach our children to say our P's and Q's, be thankful and all the rest. But - three seconds? Come on now....that's a little overboard, don't you think? Haven't you ever stammered, or got your tongue down your throat, or a peanut in your tonsil and failed to reply in THREE SECONDS???? This level of perfection you demand of your students is not only unrealistic, it's downright unreasonable!! I read on.....turn the page, turn the page, and I stumble upon Rule #17, flanked between orderly conduct in the classroom to timely completion of homework - and then, again I see Ron demands that "[there will be] a swift transition from one subject to another...toward a goal of seven seconds." What???? Organization, yes, is key to effective teaching methods and transitioning from one subject to another, but the rigidity of a timeframe such as seven seconds is sounding just a little robotic, a little too much like jail to me. Should we be punishing children into learning, or encouraging them through modes of positive reinforcement I wonder? Rule #32: "When we ride on a bus we will always sit facing forward. We will never turn around to talk to other students....or get out of our seats." Ok, ok, Ron, just hold on a minute. In all my years of schooling, in all my years as student, in all my bus-riding experiences....this just is NOT realistic. Children will always talk, it is called SOCIALIZATION and is a necessary aspect to learning, and as important as what they take from the classroom~! (see also Rule #46 regarding talking - it's a normal,natural and healthy way that human beings learn to relate, make connections and socialize!)Rule #33: "When we go on field trips we will meet different people...make sure that you remember their names." Again, this is about as unrealistic and unforgiving as one can get - we are all human, and while we can try our best to remember everyone's name, I am certain that in the history of human nature, we have all forgotten someone's name at some point in time. I guess what i'm trying to say here, Ron, is this: I believe that a really successful teacher is one who has more flexibility, more compassion, more forgiveness and yes, even a greater sense of humor than to rely on some corny dorito's gag to connect with kids. A REALLY successful teacher doesn't need 55 rules - or even one rule - because the teacher knows that the most important rule is Rule #50 - "Be positive and enjoy life." Now, what's that saying again? "Too many rules spoil the broth?"
ron clark book September 17, 2009
Lori Goodwin (Livingston, TX)
great teaching tool if you care enough about your students to go the extra mile
The Essential 55 by Ron Clark August 28, 2009
Karen Jean Jones (Oak Hill, WV)
I bought a used copy of Ron Clark's book "The Essential 55". It was in perfect condition. The book was shipped very quickly.. not problems at all.
Highly recommended.
Oh ye...heil Ron Clark! July 3, 2009
Austin Somlo (Vincentown, NJ)
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
I never heard of the book The Essential 55 until a group gave a presentation of its program in my Positive Behavior Support (PBS) class. Group presentations are always boring to me, but this one kind of woke me up. The presenters were, at least within themselves, mocking the aspects of The Essential 55, and I can see why. After the show ended, I asked to see the book and looked at the table of contents which was an outline of the rules.[...]. Obviously, The Essential 55 is a miserable failure when under the scrutiny of professionals and is backed by zero research support. It has no relevance to students with disabilities. Worst of all, The Essential 55 is a throwback to the days of Nazi regime. Yes, Ron Clark would have made a fine Nazi leader, and I can perfectly see him leading a gang of HJs (a.k.a. Hitler Jugend or Hitler Youth) in school. Heck, the appropriate title should have been The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Nazi in Every Child. All in all, The Essential 55 is just a stupid piece of crap that should never be implemented in any school.
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