Payne’s Pursuit
A former teacher with a message on educating children from poor backgrounds is influencing school leaders anxious to close the achievement gap.
Chicago
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 steps out from behind the podium of a downtown ballroom in stylish alligator boots. At 55, she shows not a trace of hard living.
And yet it would be difficult to find a thinker on poverty and schools with more credibility among school leaders. Or one who matches her...
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