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== ''A Framework for Understanding Poverty'' ==
== ''A Framework for Understanding Poverty'' ==
Payne's book, which has sold over one million copies,{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} deals heavily with the concept of "hidden rules," characteristics that a member of one of the three main social classes ([[upper class|upper]], [[middle class|middle]] and [[Working class|lower]]) possesses that makes communicating and relating to members of the other classes difficult.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}
Payne's book, which has sold over one million copies,{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} deals heavily with the concept of "hidden rules," characteristics that a member of one of the three main social classes ([[upper class|upper]], [[middle class|middle]] and [[Working class|lower]]) possesses that makes communicating and relating to members of the other classes difficult.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

== Criticism ==
Many education professionals, such as Paul Gorski, assistant professor at [[New Century College]] at [[George Mason University]], are openly critical of Payne's work, stating that her premises are based on stereotypes and accusing her of [[classism]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-01-09|title=Questioning Payne|url=https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/spring-2016/questioning-payne|access-date=2021-01-16|website=Teaching Tolerance|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Education guru Ruby Payne: Is she wrong about kids in poverty, or misunderstood?|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/education-guru-ruby-payne-is-she-wrong-about-kids-in-poverty-or/2237083/|access-date=2021-01-16|website=Tampa Bay Times|language=en}}</ref> Gorski also believes the educational field accepted her ideas too readily, without the proper critical analysis,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edchange.org/publications/Savage_Unrealities.pdf |title=Savage Unrealities : Uncovering Classism in Ruby Payne’s Framework |format=PDF |website=Edchange.org |date= |accessdate=2017-02-23}}</ref>
as Payne's work is self-published and has not undergone the rigorous peer-review process usually required of professional academics.
An article by Gorski and one by [[University of Kansas]] education professors Jennifer C. Ng & John L. Rury (2006) in the ''[[Teachers College Record]]'', entitled "Poverty and Education: A Critical Analysis of the Ruby Payne Phenomenon", began a heated debate between Payne and her supporters, and her numerous detractors in the mainstream academic community.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ng |first=Jennifer C. |url=http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=12596 |title=Article |publisher=TCRecord |date=2008-01-14 |accessdate=2017-02-23}}</ref> A more extensive article critical of Payne's work was published by Randy Bomer, Joel E. Dworin, Laura May & Peggy Semingson of the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] in 2008, also in ''Teachers College Record'', with a response from Payne and a rejoinder from the authors.<ref>{{citation |last1=Bomer |first1=Randy |first2=Joel E. |last2=Dworin |first3=Laura |last3=May |first4=Peggy |last4=Semingson |url=http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=14591 |title=Miseducating Teachers about the Poor: A Critical Analysis of Ruby Payne's Claims about Poverty |journal=Teachers College Record |date=2008 |volume=110 |issue=12 |pages=2497–2531 |accessdate=2020-03-15}}</ref> Ng and Rury also published a critical article in the online ''Journal of Educational Controversy'' in 2009.<ref>{{citation |last1=Ng |first1=Jennifer C. |last2=Rury |first2=John L. |date=2009 |title=Problematizing Payne and Understanding Poverty: An Analysis with Data from the 2000 Census |journal=Journal of Educational Controversy |volume=4 |issue=1 |url=https://cedar.wwu.edu/jec/vol4/iss1/7 |accessdate=15 March 2020}}</ref>


==List of works by Payne<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ahaprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Ruby-Payne-Selected-Publications-Feb-2016.pdf |title=Ruby Payne Selected Publications Listing FINAL Feb 25 2016 |format=PDF |website=Ahaprocess.com |date= |accessdate=2017-02-23}}</ref>==
==List of works by Payne<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ahaprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Ruby-Payne-Selected-Publications-Feb-2016.pdf |title=Ruby Payne Selected Publications Listing FINAL Feb 25 2016 |format=PDF |website=Ahaprocess.com |date= |accessdate=2017-02-23}}</ref>==

Revision as of 18:34, 16 January 2021

For the astronomer, see Ruby Payne-Scott.

Ruby K. Payne is an American educator and author best known for her book A Framework for Understanding Poverty and her work on the culture of poverty and its relation to education.[1] She holds a Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy studies from Loyola University in Illinois, and is the founder of aha! Process, Inc., a company that informs schools, companies and other organizations about poverty.[2][3]

A Framework for Understanding Poverty

Payne's book, which has sold over one million copies,[citation needed] deals heavily with the concept of "hidden rules," characteristics that a member of one of the three main social classes (upper, middle and lower) possesses that makes communicating and relating to members of the other classes difficult.[citation needed]

List of works by Payne[4]

Books

All books published by aha! Process except where otherwise noted.

  • A Framework for Understanding Poverty. Baytown, TX: RFT, 1995
  • A Framework for Understanding Poverty Workbook. Baytown, TX: RFT, 1998
  • Learning Structures. Baytown, TX: RFT, 1998
  • Think Rather of Zebra: Dealing with Aspects of Poverty Through Story, with Jay Stailey. Baytown, TX: RFT, 1998
  • Bridges out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities, with Philip DeVol and Terie Dreussi-Smith. Baytown, TX: RFT, 1999
  • Removing the Mask: Giftedness in Poverty, with Paul Slocumb. Baytown, TX: RFT, 1999
  • What Every Church Member Should Know About Poverty, with Bill Ehlig. Baytown, TX: RFT, 1999
  • Living on a Tightrope: A Survival Handbook for Principals, with William Sommers (2000)
  • Understanding Learning: The How, the Why, the What (2001)
  • Hidden Rules of Class at Work, with Don Krabill (2002)
  • Crossing the Tracks for Love: What to Do When You and Your Partner Grew up in Different Worlds (2005)
  • Learning Structures, third revised edition (2005)
  • Working with Students: Discipline Strategies for the Classroom (2005)
  • Bridges out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities, third revised edition, with Philip DeVol and Terie Dreussi-Smith (2006)
  • Bridges out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities Workbook, with Philip DeVol and Terie Dreussi-Smith (2006)
  • Working with Parents: Building Relationships for Student Success (2006)
  • Under-Resourced Learners: 8 Strategies to Boost Student Achievement (2008)
  • Research-Based Strategies: Narrowing the Achievement Gap for Under-Resourced Students (2009)
  • Boys in Poverty: A Framework for Understanding Dropout, with Paul Slocumb. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree, 2010
  • Removing the Mask: How to Identify and Develop Giftedness in Students from Poverty, revised edition, with Paul Slocumb (2010)
  • School Improvement: 9 Systemic Processes to Raise Achievement, with Donna Magee (2010)
  • From Understanding Poverty to Developing Human Capacity: Ruby Payne's Articles on Transforming Individuals, Families, Schools, Churches, and Communities (2012)
  • A Framework for Understanding Poverty Workbook: 10 Actions to Educate Students, revised edition (2012)
  • Achievement for All: Keys to Educating Middle Grades Students in Poverty. Westerville, OH: Association for Middle Level Educators (2013)
  • A Framework for Understanding Poverty: A Cognitive Approach, fifth revised edition (2013)
  • Bridges to Health and Healthcare: New Solutions for Improving Access and Services, with Terie Dreussi-Smith, Lucy Shaw, and Jan Young (2014)
  • How Much of Yourself Do You Own? A Process for Building Your Emotional Resources, with Emilia O'Neill Baker (2015)

Selected articles

  • "Effectively Communicating Standards to Parents: Standards Must Be in Lay Terms and Demonstrated to Parents in Order for Them to Understand How Their Children Are Doing." Leadership Compass, 4(2), 1–3. (2006)
  • "Six Basic Components of Classroom and Discipline Management." Instructional Leader, 20(1), 1–9. (2007)
  • "Health and Poverty Through the Lens of Economic Class: An Invitation to Healthcare Providers to Create New Models for Better Serving People in Poverty," with Philip DeVol. (2008)
  • "Nine Powerful Practices: Nine Strategies Help Raise the Achievement of Students Living in Poverty." Educational Leadership, 65(7), 48–52. (2008)
  • "The 10 Dynamics of Poverty: By Understanding the Barriers Created by Poverty, Schools Can Help Overcome Them." Leadership Compass, 6(4), 1–3. (2009)
  • "How the Environment of Poverty (Having Fewer Resources) Impacts Cognition and Learning." (2009)
  • "Impacting Two Generations at Once: Refocusing Parent Training to Develop Human Capacity and Community Sustainability," with Philip DeVol. Instructional Leader, 22(4), 3–5. (2009)
  • "Moving from Middle Class to Situational Poverty—from Stability to Instability: What You Can Do to Help Your Students and Parents During the Present Economic Downturn." Instructional Leader, 22(3), 1–4. (2009)
  • "What Can the Faith Community Do to Address Poverty? It Can Use a Human Capacity Model That Results in the Development of Resources." (2009)
  • "What Information Does A Framework for Understanding Poverty Have That Cannot Be Obtained Easily from Other Sources? Why Do Critics Love to Hate It and Practitioners Love to Use It?" (2009)
  • "When Discipline Issues Are Emotional Issues." Middle Ground, 16(3), 9–10. (2013)
  • "Working with Under-Resourced Gifted Students." AMLE Magazine, 1(3), 14-15. (2013)
  • "Are You Helping or Hurting Your Students?" AMLE Magazine, 1(6), 14-16. (2014)
  • "How to Make Working with Parents Work." AMLE Magazine, 1(7), 20-22. (2014)
  • "Calibrating Student Work to Drive Achievement." AMLE Magazine, 1(9), 14-15. (2014)
  • "School Improvement: A Process to Use at the District/Campus Level." SEEN: Southeast Education Network Magazine, 17(1), 40–41. (2015)
  • "BYOD? Issues for Students from Poverty." AMLE Magazine, 3(1), 23-24. (2015)
  • "How Do You Teach Kids from Poor Households About Money?" Youth Today. (2015, February 16)
  • "How to Develop Youth in Under-Resourced Neighborhoods." Youth Today. (2015, April 16)
  • "First-Generation College Students from Poverty Have Many Hurdles." Youth Today. (2015, November 30)
  • "Welcoming Highly Mobile Students." AMLE Magazine, 3(6), 10-12. (2016)

See also

Cycle of poverty

References

  1. ^ "Wire Side Chats: How Understanding Poverty Can Help Low-Income Children Learn". Education World. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  2. ^ "Lecture Management - ruby payne". Lecturemgt.com. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  3. ^ "Fighting Poverty - Who We Are". aha! Process. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  4. ^ "Ruby Payne Selected Publications Listing FINAL Feb 25 2016" (PDF). Ahaprocess.com. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
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