It's a team effort to understand the wave of poverty that experts say is affecting our kids in the classroom. Hundreds of educators, and business and community officials gathered today to make sure ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WATERLOO | Poverty expert Ruby Payne was nearing the end of her presentation for the United Way’s Women’s Philanthropy Connection earlier this year on understanding generational poverty when the Rev.

Educators often blink twice when they first glimpse the woman they have come to hear tell them about the effects of poverty in the classroom. One morning here in March, for instance, the small blonde ...

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 ...

Springfield resident Andrea Carter has worn many hats: school teacher, community leader, mom, prisoner, dishwasher and someone with a substance use disorder.

The score of people who attended a seminar in Jefferson City examining the causes of poverty Monday morning came well-versed on poverty-related issues. They went away with knowledge about hidden rules ...

Poverty is growing in Livingston County, say those who work with families in need. And Nancy Rosso, executive director of the Livingston County United Way, has the numbers to back that up: n The ...