Author Ruby Payne Draws Crowd at Poverty Talk (05/08/2013)
Ruby speaks to about 350 people in Columbia, Missouri. A local teacher reported that she was glad to have some ideas to take back to the classroom, a good thing since Columbia Public Schools has a growing population of students on free and reduced lunch. Steve Calloway, a former Columbia Public Schools board member, said he attended the event as a skeptic but thought Payne had some interesting points. Read more…

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