I read A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D as a work related thing. I’ve worked in and around K-12 education for nearly two decades but have never had the opportunity for this particular avenue of professional development. It was enlightening. A Framework for Understanding Poverty is aimed towards educators and how they can understand and relate to students and parents in poverty. Some of the points are relatively obvious, such as the fact that poverty is not simply or always about […]