‘Synonymization’ threat, Equity, and the Funding of Districts with Relatively High Populations of Latinx Students

• In Event: How Schools Reduce (or Reproduce) Inequality

Brief Overview

This paper extends Alexander and Jang’s (2019) synonymization threat framework to explore the implications for equity when policymakers conflate poverty with Latinx status or Latinx status with learning needs.

Authors

• Nicola A. Alexander, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

• Sung Tae Jang, The Education University of Hong Kong