THE EXCELLENT 11: A TEACHERS GUIDE  TO MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE AND EDUCATE: A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR RON CLARK who is  the New York Times bestselling author of The Essential 55, which has sold more than one million copies in the United States and has been published in twenty-five different languages. He has been named “American Teacher of the Year” by Disney and Oprah Winfrey’s first “Phenomenal Man.” He founded the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, which tens of thousands of educators from around the world have visited to learn the extraordinary ways the teachers and parents of RCA have helped children achieve great success. He lives in Georgia.