dearmond@u.washington.edu

Michael DeArmond is a researcher at the Center on Reinventing Public Education. His work focuses on the teacher labor market and the reform of district-level operations. Mr. DeArmond's published work includes studies of teacher shortages and teacher compensation, as well as the reform of district human resource departments and district real estate management practices. He is currently studying teacher attitudes about alternative compensation and school district responses to competition from school choice. Mr. DeArmond holds an MPA in Social and Education Policy from the University of Washington.

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Michael 's Publications

Scrambling the Nest Egg: How Well do Teachers Understand Their Pensions and What Do They Think about Alternative Pension Structures? Michael DeArmond, Dan Goldhaber

Returns to Skill and Teacher Wage Premiums: What Can We Learn By Comparing the Teacher and Private Sector Labor Markets? Dan Goldhaber, Michael DeArmond, Albert Liu, Dan Player

A Leap of Faith: Redesigning Teacher Compensation Michael DeArmond, Dan Goldhaber

Is it Better to be Good or Lucky? Decentralized Teacher Selection in 10 Elementary Schools Michael DeArmond, Betheny Gross, Dan Goldhaber

Reform the way we pay teachers Dan Goldhaber, Michael DeArmond

Teacher Attitudes About Compensation Reform: Implications for Reform Implementation Dan Goldhaber, Michael DeArmond, Scott DeBurgomaster

No Longer the Only Game in Town: Helping Traditional Public Schools Compete - Research Brief Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond, Kacey Guin, Deborah Warnock

No Longer the Only Game in Town: Helping Traditional Public Schools Compete Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond, Kacey Guin, Deborah Warnock

Why Do So Few Public School Districts Use Merit Pay? Dan Goldhaber, Michael DeArmond, Dan Player, Hyung-Jai Choi

The Back Office: A Neglected Side of Teacher Quality Michael DeArmond, Dan Goldhaber

Toward a Portfolio of Schools: High School Renewal Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond, Sara Taggart

Making School Reform Work: New Partnerships for Real Change Paul Hill, James Harvey, Michael DeArmond, Abigail Schumwinger, Sarah R. Brooks, Marguerite Roza

From Bystander to Ally: Transforming the District Human Resources Department Abigail Schumwinger, Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond

From Bystander to Ally: Transforming the District Human Resources Department - Research Brief Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond, Abigail Schumwinger

Making Sense of Leading Schools: A Study of the School Principalship Bradley Portin, Paul Schneider, Michael DeArmond, Lauren Gundlach

Making Sense of Leading Schools: A Study of the School Principalship - Research Brief Paul Schneider, Bradley Portin, Michael DeArmond, Lauren Gundlach

Lessons from the recent “Teachers Shortage” Michael DeArmond, Patrick J. Murphy

A National Crisis or Localized Problems? Getting Perspective on the Scope and Scale of the Teacher Shortage Patrick J. Murphy, Michael DeArmond, Kacey Guin

From the Headlines to the Frontlines: The Teacher Shortage and its Implications for Recruitment Policy Patrick J. Murphy, Michael DeArmond

Philanthropic Due Diligence: Exploratory Case Studies to Improve Investments in Urban Schools Christine Campbell, James Harvey, Michael DeArmond

The Future of School Facilities: Getting Ahead of the Curve Michael DeArmond, Sara Taggart, Paul Hill