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Ron Jones (born 1941) is an American writer and formerly a teacher in Palo Alto, California.He is best known for his classroom exercise called "The Third Wave" and the book he wrote about the event, which inspired the made-for-TV movie The Wave and other works, including a theatrical film in 2008.
In 2010, Jones staged a musical called The Wave, written with some of the students in the class. [12] The events were adapted into a non-musical stage play in 2011 by Joseph Robinette and Ron Jones. In 2020, a Netflix miniseries called We Are the Wave premiered in Germany. The show is about high school students, and their own activism. [13]
Cubberley was the scene of The Third Wave experiment by teacher Ron Jones in 1967, which was an elaborate social experiment to better understand fascism. [4] The experiment was later portrayed in a film and television.
(Ron Clark Academy via TikTok/Getty Images) A video of an Atlanta teacher's first day of school went viral after she delivered a superior performance of a Busta Rhymes rap, which the hip-hop icon ...
Jasmine Cephas Jones has broken her silence after the death of her father, Ron Cephas Jones. The "This Is Us" actor died at age 66 after a long-standing pulmonary issue, his manager, Dan Spilo ...
The Wave is a made-for-TV movie directed by Alex Grasshoff, based on The Third Wave experiment put on by teacher Ron Jones to explain to his students how the German populace could accept the actions of the Nazi regime. [1] It debuted October 4, 1981, and aired again almost two years later as an ABC Afterschool Special.
Ron Cephas Jones, who played William, the estranged biological father of Randall (Sterling K. Brown), has died at age 66.In a 2022 interview, the actor looked back at his Emmy-winning role and the ...
Ron Jones (teacher) (born 1941), American writer and teacher, known for his classroom experiment in Fascism; Ron Jones (composer) (born 1954), American composer for TV shows; Ron Jones (athlete) (1934–2021), Welsh track and field athlete; Ron Jones (baseball) (1964–2006), 1980s baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies