Ron Jones (teacher)
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Ron Jones (born 1941 San Francisco) is an American writer, and teacher in Palo Alto, California, and San Francisco, California. He started The Third Wave. It was the inspiration for The Wave, a famous book by Todd Strasser, and the movie based on the book.
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[edit] Life
Jones was raised on 46th Avenue in the Sunset District during the 1940s and 50s.[1] He has spent the past 30 years working with people with mental disabilities. Jones says that he was refused tenure at Cubberley High School because of his anti-war activities.[2]
He lives in the Haight Ashbury of San Francisco, with his wife Deanna. He also wrote the story entitled The Acorn People. It is a story of Jones experience as a camp counselor.
[edit] Awards
- Christian Book of the Year for The Acorn People
- Pulitzer nomination for Kids Called Crazy
- 1985 American Book Award for Say Ray,
- When God Winked and Fellini Grinned a self published book was recently recommended by Oprah Winfrey on her show about autism.
[edit] Works
- B-Ball: The Team That Never Lost a Game. Random House Children's Books. 1991. ISBN 9780553294040.
- The Acorn People. Bantam Books. 1990. ISBN 9780553273854.
- Say Ray. Bantam. 1984. ISBN 9780553243499.
- Kids Called Crazy. Bantam Books. 1982. ISBN 9780553206890.
- No substitute for madness: a teacher, his kids, & the lessons of real life. Island Press. 1981. ISBN 9780933280069. http://books.google.com/books?id=zlVuziipc_gC&pg=PA3&dq=Ron+Jones+(author)&ei=x6bnSqClIJi0MM-CyI4M#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- The Wave Todd Strasser
[edit] Teleplays
- The Acorn People Charles Joffe producer, starring Cloris Leachman, LeVar Burton, Ted Bessell
- The Wave Producer-Norman Lear
- One Special Victory Starring John Larroquette
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.outsidelands.org/jones.php
- ^ Lipsett, Anthea (2008-09-16). "'Like history in the first person'". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/sep/16/schoolsworldwide.film. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
[edit] External links
- Ron Jones's website
- The Cubberley Student Newspaper (the Catamount) did an interview with Ron Jones from 1969 after he left Cubberley.
- Article about a new German film based on The Wave
- Ron Jones' account of The Wave
- "Ron Jones (III)", IMDb
- The Wave Home Third Wave info website: story history, FAQ, links, etc. by Jones' original Wave students
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