--- description: His moves are actually quite impressive title: Watch an Atlanta Teacher Perform a Serious Dance With His Students image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch an Atlanta Teacher Perform a Serious Dance With His Students ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_ by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 4, 2016 10:44 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 4, 2016 10:44 PM CUT Educator Ron Clark has gotten plenty of attention for his energetic and unique teaching methods, which often involve music. He’s even [appeared on _Oprah_,](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/04/ron-clark-academy-oprah-favorite-teachers%5Fn%5F7191938.html "undefined") where he has discussed the school he founded in Atlanta called the Ron Clark Academy. This week, Clark posted a video of himself and a few of his students rocking out together. They show off several dance moves—including the whip/nae nae and milly rock—as part of the [“Bet You Can’t Do It Like Me Challenge.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hl0aTooA90 "undefined") And people were really, really into it. Within 14 hours of posting, the video had been viewed more than 1.5 million times and shared more than 44,000 times. “It’s hard to explain the Ron Clark Academy. It is a place that’s about passion, energy,” Clark [told ](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ron-clark-academy-atlanta-sets-success-confidence-future/ "undefined")CBS back in March. “I wanted to create a school where you could feel the spirit, wanted kids to walk into this school and say, ‘I love coming here.'” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4166877/ron-clark-academy-dancing-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4166877/ron-clark-academy-dancing-video/"},"headline":"Watch an Atlanta Teacher Perform a Serious Dance With His Students","datePublished":"2016-01-04T22:44:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:16.207Z","description":"His moves are actually quite impressive","url":"https://time.com/4166877/ron-clark-academy-dancing-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4166877/ron-clark-academy-dancing-video/","name":"Watch an Atlanta Teacher Perform a Serious Dance With His Students"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4166877/ron-clark-academy-dancing-video/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4166877/ron-clark-academy-dancing-video/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```