PHOTOS: Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta

Education

A day in the life of learning at one of the nation’s most respected, and most unorthodox, private schools.

May 5, 2017 - Alec Myrick (left) and Elijah Senior work on an experiment in Daniel Thompson's 8th-grade science class at Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

May 5, 2017 - Dr. Camille Jones uses foam dice in her 7th grade algebra class at Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta. Jones was recently honored with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, and students have won the national math counts competition three years in a row. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

May 5, 2017 - Dr. Camille Jones teaches her 7th-grade algebra class at Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

May 5, 2017 - Ron Clark says his unorthodox teaching methods have ranslated to success for the students at his Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, and why teachers from across the world spend time at the school annually to pick up tricks to better reach their students. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

May 5, 2017 - Kim Bearden, co-founder and executive director at Ron Clark Academy, teaches her language arts class with the aid of rap music and dancing. Teachers from across the world spend time at the Atlanta school annually to pick up tricks to better reach their students. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

May 5, 2017 - Wade King uses an electric guitar in teaching his fifth-grade current events class at Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

May 5, 2017 - Susan Barnes teaches a photography lesson to her 6th grade Art studio and drama class at Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

May 5, 2017 - Kim Bearden, co-founder and executive director of Ron Clark Academy, and Ron Clark, founder and mathematics teacher, confer in a section of the Atlanta school inspired by Hogwarts from the Harry Potter books. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

May 5, 2017 - Atlanta - With the help of a little music from La La Land, Ron Clark teaches his 5th-grade math class at the Atlanta academy that bears his name. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

May 5, 2017 - In a section of the school inspired by Hogwarts from the Harry Potter books, one must yell out a password to this portrait to gain access to Ron Clark's math class at his Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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May 5, 2017 - Alec Myrick (left) and Elijah Senior work on an experiment in Daniel Thompson's 8th-grade science class at Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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