Why not “cure” poverty instead?
Posted in Lessons Learned, Policy, Practice, Research, Theory on Dec 31st, 2008 32 Comments »
Dangerously Irrelevant: Beware outside consultants? – Part 2, Ruby Payne started a whole slew of arguments about poverty. Can education “fix” poverty? Can eduction be effective without addressing the underlying poverty of the poor? There were a lot of assumptions, especially among those with a deficit view, that I’ll sum up as “poor folks, have [...]