Ron Clark Academy students ' '08 YouTube rap performance got millions of hits . Clark teaches `` global curriculum '' with heavy emphasis on current events . He also has a popular blog called " The Daily Kos " that is read by over 100,000 people every day, and he's been quoted in the New York Times ( http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/@@ ` I 'm teaching an eigthth-grade curriculum to fifth graders , '' says Clark . Student : `` My knowledge of the world has improved . Soon after the school opened its doors in 2008 , a Christmas package from Winfrey arrived for Clark in the form of a $ 365,000 grant , or `` a thousand dollars for each day of the year , '' as Oprah referred to it in the letter . ... I 'm hungry for knowledge ''
Ron Clark Academy students ' '08 YouTube rap performance got millions of hits . Clark teaches `` global curriculum '' with heavy emphasis on current events . He also has a popular blog called " The Daily Kos " that is read by over 100,000 people every day, and he's been quoted in the New York Times ( http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/@@ ` I 'm teaching an eigthth-grade curriculum to fifth graders , '' says Clark . Student : `` My knowledge of the world has improved . ... I 'm hungry for knowledge ''