The Ron Clark Story

TV Movie
2006
TV-PG
1h 30m

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7.5/10

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Biography Drama

A small-town teacher relocates to one of the country's toughest classrooms.A small-town teacher relocates to one of the country's toughest classrooms.A small-town teacher relocates to one of the country's toughest classrooms.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

13K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,298

1,509

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 6 wins & 17 nominations total

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Trivia
This movie earned Matthew Perry his first Golden Globe nomination.

Goofs
The position of Ron's umbrella while talking to Marissa outside the state building.

Quotes
Principal Turner: These kids are at the bottom of the barrel.
Ron Clark: Don't talk about them like that.
Principal Turner: Now all I'm asking is for your students to pass.
Ron Clark: Oh every one of my students will pass.
Principal Turner: [inaudible, students commenting outside office] They can become someone else's problem.
Ron Clark: The problem isn't the kids. It's not even what they can achieve. The problem is what you expect them to achieve. You are setting the bar here. Why? Set it up here! They can make it.
Principal Turner: This community judges us by scores. Government funding judges us by scores. People who give me scores, they get my respect.
Ron Clark: Okay good. In May, they'll all test at grade level.
Principal Turner: [sighs] I don't see how that's possible.
Ron Clark: Excuse me. Did I say grade level? I meant above grade level.

Connections
Featured in The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007)

Soundtracks
The Presidents' Rap
(uncredited)
Performed by Matthew Perry and the School Children

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Featured review

A true story that reminds us to keep on dreaming

I love Mathew Perry and i think he does a great job as chandler in friends, problem is he gets type cast most of the time as that character. and so it was nice to see him play a more serious role.

you see to really appreciate this movie you have to understand where it comes from, i lived in Harlem. i grew up and went to one of those schools. in fact, that class was GOOD compared to mines. we used to throw desks out the balcony and through cubes at the teachers. and that game they played "bet how long before the teacher quites" we played that! we grew up not knowing about chances, scholarships, opportunities all of that was unchartered territory for us we didn't know what it was.

until one man came along, he was a history teacher names Mr. Peterson, funny thing, he looked and acted a lot like the teacher in this movie. and to make a long story short, he helped us to "learn, to love to learn" when you walked in that class room you could here a pin drop. i love history now, i love this movie now because it's real, these things happen, and i hope this movie inspires more people to want to become good teachers. watch the movie