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 ...

TRAVERSE CITY - Ruby Payne, a noted author and expert on poverty and its causes, will lead a workshop on how to pull people out of poverty. Today's training seminar at New Hope Community Church in ...

Members of both groups met earlier this month with 950 community leaders, educators, social workers and others at two seminars presented by Ruby Payne, a nationally-recognized expert on poverty. Her ...

With its unhoused student population nearly doubling since the COVID-19 pandemic, Rapid City Area Schools has increased efforts to adapt to the trend. One of those district efforts took place Tuesday, ...

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 ...

The issue of poverty in Olmsted County and the work of a nationally known expert on poverty will be the focus of a community forum Dec. 12 in Rochester. George Thompson, executive director of the ...