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Payne

American  
[peyn] / peɪn /

noun

  1. John Howard, 1791–1852, U.S. actor and dramatist.


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But Eric Payne, executive director of the Central Valley Urban Institute, a policy advocacy organization working in low-income communities, said the name change raises a “dangerous” question about whether equity is a priority for the district.

From Los Angeles Times

“I think for Black families in this community, that was seen as a win — a $4-million investment from the Fresno Unified school board that grew to a $12-million investment,” Payne said.

From Los Angeles Times

“It must preserve the core mission,” Payne said, “which is academic acceleration, social-emotional support and cultural affirmations for Black students.”

From Los Angeles Times

Payne writes for the Associated Press.

From Los Angeles Times

Franco’s National Catholicism—or neotraditionalism, as Stanley G. Payne, a conservative American historian, describes it—was every inch an ideology.

From The Wall Street Journal