Miseducating teachers about the poor: A critical analysis of Ruby Payne's claims about poverty

Teachers College Record

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2497-2531

  Bomer, Randy ^a   Dworin, Joel E ^b   May, Laura ^c   Semingson, Peggy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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