According to Ruby K. Payne, a consultant to school systems locally and nationwide, teachers should know a few things about poor people. The Texas-based author says in her book "A Framework for ...

More than 70 people who attended a public forum Thursday in Rochester now know about the hidden rules of poverty, middle class and wealth that Ruby K. Payne describes in her book, "A Framework for ...

Fourteen-year-old video blogger and Ruby Payne detractor John Wittle is making a splash in the edublogosphere with his YouTube appearance. Thumbing through Payne’s A Framework for Understanding ...

The Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve recently invited regional educators to Mentor to explore frameworks aimed at helping students manage their feelings, develop emotional competence ...

Around 60 teachers and administrators from local schools came together Monday in Cape Girardeau to gain skills and strategies for successfully educating children living in poverty. Nationally known ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A national expert on fighting poverty has been invited to the Ozarks to help an anti-poverty campaign. Twelve organizations announced Wednesday that Ruby K. Payne will visit ...

Here is a portion of a quiz in the book "A Framework for Understanding Poverty" by Ruby K. Payne. Readers are supposed to put check marks by "all the things you know how to do." Could You Survive in ...

In your May 3, 2006, In Perspective story, “Payne’s Pursuit,” you feature the work of Ruby K. Payne, a popular author and speaker on the subject of poverty and its effects on children and their ...

Do you know how to get someone out of jail, keep your clothes from being stolen at the Laundromat, live without a checking account and move in half a day? If so, you might be able to survive in ...

The Tulsa Education Foundation is hosting Ruby K. Payne in a Sept. 15 Learning Institute for Tulsa County public school teachers. Payne's presentation will be held from 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at Fulton ...

Teachers in low-income school districts often get specialized training about the culture of poverty in order to better understand their students’ lives and take those challenges into account in the ...