Deanna 小美 Pan

Writer. Crazy dog lady. Pulitzer finalist. Former @BostonGlobe Reporter. Say hi: [email protected]

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

Breaking: Marblehead teachers, School Committee reach a deal, ending weeks-long strike: https://t.co/XJzLljtlye

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

For MA school districts struggling to respond to intensifying pressure from teachers for higher salaries, one number stands out: the $1B+ they spend to send students with disabilities to specialized campuses, including private schools: https://t.co/O8GcLxRGZM w/@mandy_mclaren

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

Incredible reporting by @mandy_mclaren. Don't miss this.

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

Hundreds of Massachusetts parents of students with special needs have been forced to sign nondisclosure agreements in order to secure the free and appropriate education their children are legally entitled to, a monthslong Globe investigation has found. https://t.co/ClwaK62cYR

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

Hundreds of Massachusetts parents of students with special needs have been forced to sign nondisclosure agreements in order to secure the free and appropriate education their children are legally entitled to, a monthslong Globe investigation has found. https://t.co/ClwaK62cYR

[Dale Chu @Dale_Chu]

The project of standards-based reform has been on the ropes for some time now, but Massachusetts’ about-face on state testing is a real gut punch. Story by @DDpan via @GlobeEducation @BostonGlobe https://t.co/S4iquL5Hh4 #maedu #mapoli #AssessmentHQ

[Mandy McLaren @mandy_mclaren]

“This feels like an end of an era,” @MichaelPetrilli said. “Massachusetts had a good run there for a couple of decades..."

With the passage of Question 2, what happens to Mass. education now? w/ @DDpan
https://t.co/dEEVINpRNt

[Mandy McLaren @mandy_mclaren]

MCAS results 2024: How Massachusetts towns voted on Question 2 https://t.co/TPdlEVD2fz via @BostonGlobe

[Mandy McLaren @mandy_mclaren]

NEW: Not great news out of Massachusetts...

2024 MCAS scores show students falling further behind post-pandemic
https://t.co/zv0ZvMDlIB via @huffakingit and @DDpan

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

@Safety @support Wondering if you could provide some clarification regarding the suspicion of @cebegannon’s account?

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

Garden-variety incompetence — not fraud or theft — fueled Brockton Public Schools’ multimillion-dollar shortfall in fiscal year 2023, according to a comprehensive, independent investigation: https://t.co/ruFpY27HHY

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

Brockton schools finance officer files whistle-blower complaint over budget fiasco: https://t.co/YEX3tNEglI

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

‘I feel really lucky’: Pushed out of Everett, Priya Tahiliani takes helm of troubled Brockton schools: https://t.co/5e9wuqzUPJ

[Lawyers for Civil Rights @LCRBOSTON]

Lawyers for Civil Rights (@LCRBOSTON) & Massachusetts Advocates for Children (@MassAdvocates) allege #Saugus illegally blocks #migrants from enrolling in #school district. Via @BostonGlobe & @DDpan #education #schools #immigration https://t.co/FOBk3Uv3NC

[Mandy McLaren @mandy_mclaren]

Wowwwww @DDpan!

Check out this graphic novel, written by Deanna and illustrated by The Gutter Studios @BU_Tweets:
https://t.co/0bznnZheDr

[Antonio Caban @Antonio_Caban]

The first is from @DDpan of @BostonGlobe, with a historical lens on the impact of busing and on Latinos and the importance of bilingual instruction on student outcomes. A must read: https://t.co/BhYJ0EL3ow

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

“The vast majority [of English learners] are not getting the kind of services that they should,” said Alan Rom, a civil rights and labor attorney, who has represented Latino parents in BPS over the years in their fight for equal education.

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

But just 7% of English learners in BPS are enrolled in dual-language programs and schools, which research shows is the gold standard of bilingual education, improving not only students’ academic outcomes, but their English and native language literacy.

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

But just 7% of English learners in BPS are enrolled in dual-language programs and schools, which research shows is the gold standard of bilingual education, improving not only students’ academic outcomes, but their English and native language literacy.

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

Students learning English in Boston, who represent ~1/3 of the district’s population, lag even further behind. Last year, less than 1/2 of the district’s elementary-age multilingual students and 13% of multilingual high schoolers made progress learning English, per state data.

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

@SchlFinance101 Will check it out and get in touch!

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

For the 50th anniversary of desegregation in Boston Public Schools, I wrote about Latino students, who were an afterthought in Judge Garrity’s order and are still fighting for an equal education today: https://t.co/m9h2aiXh6x

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

Students learning English in Boston, who represent ~1/3 of the district’s population, lag even further behind. Last year, less than 1/2 of the district’s elementary-age multilingual students and 13% of multilingual high schoolers made progress learning English, per state data.

[Deanna 小美 Pan @DDpan]

Today, Latinos make up close to half of the district’s students and ~40% of them are classified as English learners. Their graduation rate in 2023 — 77% — was 10 percentage points lower than that of their white peers. They also had the highest dropout rate last year at 11%.

[Bruce D. Baker @SchlFinance101]

@DDpan And these days, they are concentrated in the state's least well funded districts.