Ruby K. Payne

Payne's book, which has sold over one million copies,{{Cite news|url=https://www.edweek.org/leadership/paynes-pursuit/2006/05|title = Payne's Pursuit| newspaper=Education Week |date = 3 May 2006 | last1=Keller | first1=Bess }} 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. Payne supports the standardized testing methods of 2001's No Child Left Behind Act.

Paul Gorski, assistant professor at New Century College at George Mason University, is openly critical of Payne's work, stating that her premises are based on stereotypes and accusing her of classism.{{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}}{{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}} Gorski also believes the educational field accepted her ideas too readily, without the proper critical analysis,{{cite web|url=http://www.edchange.org/publications/Savage_Unrealities.pdf |title=Savage Unrealities : Uncovering Classism in Ruby Payne's Framework |website=Edchange.org |date= |accessdate=2017-02-23}} 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 critics in the mainstream academic community.{{cite journal|last=Ng |first=Jennifer C. |url=http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=12596 |title=Article |journal=Teachers College Record |publisher=TCRecord |date=2008-01-14 |accessdate=2017-02-23}} Payne has threatened a copyright lawsuit against Gorski. 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 in 2008, also in Teachers College Record, with a response from Payne and a rejoinder from the authors.{{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 |doi=10.1177/016146810811001201 |s2cid=20651933 |accessdate=2020-03-15|url-access=subscription }} Ng and Rury also published a critical article in the online Journal of Educational Controversy in 2009.{{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}}

• 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
• Boys in Poverty: A Framework for Understanding Dropout, with Paul Slocumb. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree, 2010
• Achievement for All: Keys to Educating Middle Grades Students in Poverty. Westerville, OH: Association for Middle Level Educators (2013)

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• [http://www.ahaprocess.com/who-we-are/dr-ruby-payne/ Official biography] at aha! Process

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