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Bridges Out of Poverty
by Ruby K. Payne
from aha! Process, Inc.

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• must read for teachers
  If only I had read this book during the 18 years I taught in a poor rural
  school. I'm now retired, and because of that teaching experience and
  the needs of which it made me aware I'm volunteering in a community program
  geared to help people move out of poverty. I had good intentions, but if I had been
  aware of many of the specifics mentioned in the book I could have been more
  effective during those teaching years.

• Bridges Out of Poverty
  Very insightful reading. Would be a great read for anyone working in social services. It is interesting to realize that there is some level of poverty mentality within most people. Truely the best book I have read on the subject of poverty.

• Payne as a Culture of Poverty Theorist
  I have been reading "Bridges out of Poverty" for a social work class I am taking at The Ohio State University. I am a senior in psychology and sociology, and I find this book academically lacking and socially irresponsible. This text is classic culture of poverty--the theory that those in poverty are there because of character flaws and bad behavior. Payne never confronts the structural barriers which bar the poor from increasing their economic position. Education, full-time employment (at a living-wage),... more info

• Bridges out of Poverty
  This book is for anyone who wants to prepare his or her community for addressing poverty in a comprehensive, systemic way. We have been working with communities for ten years to help them establish our Circles approach to helping families out of poverty. Whenever we come to a community that has been doing Bridges, everything goes faster and better. It is an excellent text for understanding the hidden rules of class.
  Scott Miller
  Author of "Until It's Gone, Ending Poverty in our Nation, in our... more info

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