KIRKUS REVIEW
How a teacher learned to live a better life through interaction with her students. Co-founder, executive director and language arts teacher for the Ron Clark Academy, Bearden shares the important life lessons she learned from teaching for three decades. Grouped into 17 categories—including tenacity, bonding, generosity, creativity and love, the author brings readers into her […]
Episode 37: Why Oprah calls her school the best in the country
Before the Ron Clark Academy was created in 2007, Kim Bearden and Ron Clark already had successful careers. Bearden was a celebrated teacher and administrator in Atlanta and Clark was a rockstar teacher in Harlem. “EVERBODY KINDA THOUGHT I WAS A LITTLE INSANE.” -KIM BEARDEN FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RON CLARK ACADEMY Together, they […]
TBW 006 Kim Bearden – The Ron Clark Academy
The Best Woman Podcast is an experience. Each week Alisha Curry Waker will discuss strategies to help women discover their brilliance and support the brilliance of other women. The discussions will focus on helping women discover ways to overcome those things that have been holding you back and keeping you stuck. Alisha will use her […]
Camden summit fires up teachers
CAMDEN – A nationally renowned teacher and administrator gave educators a pep talk on a gray Monday morning during Catholic Partnership Schools’ fourth annual education summit at Rutgers University–Camden. During her keynote lecture, Kim Bearden, author of “Crash Course: The Life Lessons My Students Taught Me,” implored teachers to stay focused on their students. Speaking for 90 […]
Oprah Winfrey Donates $5 Million to the Ron Clark Academy
Award-winning Philanthropist Honors Institution for a Decade of Inspiring Educators ATLANTA (November 6, 2017) – On Friday, November 3, 2017, the Ron Clark Academy held a “Celebration Extravaganza” hosted by Oprah Winfrey. The event marked the 10-year anniversary of the innovative institution founded by Ron Clark and Kim Bearden, former winners of the Disney American […]
The Ron Clark Academy: All They Do Is Win Win Win No Matter What
Last week, I witnessed the most amazing group of kids I have ever seen at the Ron Clark Academy. I wish I could show you what I saw because words cannot really do justice — it’s just something you have to experience.
Kim Bearden Visits UF, Encourages Faculty And Future Teachers
Kim Bearden, co-founder of the nationally acclaimed Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Ga., spoke in the Ritz Auditorium at the University of Findlay on Tuesday, March 24. According to Mitchell Augenstein, middle childhood education major and president of the University of Findlay Ohio Student Education Association, Bearden is currently an English middle school teacher as […]
Kim Bearden – motivational educator
Kim Bearden, the motivational speaker for the teacher’s back-to-school assembly last week, told entertaining stories. She has been recognized many times for her contributions as an educator including being awarded teacher-of-the-year in Georgia. She co-founded a school with Ron Clark in the inner city of Atlanta which has had 29,000 visitors in the 8 years […]
Raising the Grade
No child is invisible when head-of-the-class Kim Bearden’s in charge. LESSON LEARNED Kim Bearden’s energetic grammar lessons include catchy songs, drums and students dancing on their desks. “I always wanted to spend my life in a classroom, but I never knew it would evolve into this,” reflects breakthrough educator Kim Bearden. Bearden’s life changed when […]
Q&A with Kim Bearden, author of CRASH COURSE
