Some teachers who teach kids from low-income families swear by Ruby Payne and her seminal work “A Framework for Understanding Poverty.” Others find her work to be cloying, simplistic and damaging. For a fascinating, close-up look at this war of ideas (and ideologies), read this 2008 critique from the Teachers College Record, and Payne’s just-published response. Please weigh in — especially if you are a teacher.
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