Papers by Michael DeArmond
II III The Wallace Foundation is an independent, national private foundation established by DeWit... more II III The Wallace Foundation is an independent, national private foundation established by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Acheson Wallace, the founders of The Reader’s Digest Association. Its mission is to enable institutions to expand learning and enrichment opportunities for all people. It does this by supporting and sharing effective ideas and practices. To achieve this mission, The Wallace Foundation has three objectives:- Strengthen education leadership to improve student achievements- Improve after-school learning opportunities- Expand participation in arts and culture For more information and research on education leadership, please visit www.wallacefoundation.org. II III “You can’t fix test scores if you can’t get teachers in the classroom.” School District Administrator
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JUNE 2019 In 2015 Turn the Page KC hosted a summit on student mobility in the Kansas City metropo... more JUNE 2019 In 2015 Turn the Page KC hosted a summit on student mobility in the Kansas City metropolitan area, which encompasses Kansas City Public Schools and 20 other school districts, including Grandview, Hickman Mills, and North Kansas City. At the summit, researchers reported that a fifth of students in the area moved schools in 2015 for reasons unrelated to grade promotion. Consistent with national research, they found that students of color, lower income students, and those who are homeless all experience higher mobility rates. The researchers also found that more mobile students had lower test scores than students who moved less. In this issue brief, we build off these prior findings to look at student mobility in a subset of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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APRIL 2019 On a March afternoon, tucked into a corner of the hospital cafeteria, two women are de... more APRIL 2019 On a March afternoon, tucked into a corner of the hospital cafeteria, two women are deep in conversation. Maria is filling Lauren in on the latest news of her five children. For the last couple of months, Maria and Lauren have been meeting during Maria’s breaks at the hospital to talk about Maria’s children, their schooling, and their plans for the summer. During this time, Lauren has met Maria’s children and, together in meetings at the hospital and over countless texts and emails, she and Maria have searched for and discussed the activities the children will participate in next summer, and have prepared for upcoming school choices.
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Journal of Urban Affairs, 2020
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National Alliance For Public Charter Schools, Mar 1, 2011
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Policy Innovators in Education Network, 2011
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Center on Reinventing Public Education, Mar 1, 2011
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Center on Reinventing Public Education, May 1, 2012
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education policy analysis archives, 2003
Despite the considerable attention the popular press has devoted to the question of teacher short... more Despite the considerable attention the popular press has devoted to the question of teacher shortages, there have been surprisingly few attempts to systematically measure the size and nature of the problem. This article attempts to estimate the size and nature of the celebrated teacher shortage of the late 1990s by using data from the U.S. Department of Education’s 1999-00 School and Staffing Survey. While limitations of the SASS data do not allow us to directly estimate the absolute size of the shortage, they do allow us investigate its relative impact. An examination of the data shows that the problem was distributed unevenly: urban schools and those with relatively high populations of minority and low-income students bore the brunt of the shortage; southern and western states had more problems filling teaching slots than other regions did. These findings suggest that state and local officials should keep distributional concerns in mind when they design policies to improve teacher...
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This paper asserts that instead of assuming that the future of learning has to take place in buil... more This paper asserts that instead of assuming that the future of learning has to take place in buildings we happen to have now, districts can let innovations in instruction and learning drive how they provide, design, and use school buildings. With this goal in mind, the paper looks at five trends in education and what they imply about the kinds of buildings and spaces districts will need for tomorrow's schools. The five trends are: (1) pressure on schools to perform for all students, not just those who learn best in traditional settings; (2) demands for the personalization of learning, so that every child has a chance to learn and families have choices; (3) new technologies that will change how teachers teach and students learn; (4) periodic shortages of teachers (and school leaders) linked to swings in the economy; and (5) shifts in student population and residency patterns that will affect not only the demand for schools, but also the demands on schools. This paper has three pa...
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Education Finance and Policy, 2010
In this article we focus on two questions: How well do teachers understand their current pension ... more In this article we focus on two questions: How well do teachers understand their current pension plans, and what do they think about alternative plan structures? The data come from administrative records and a 2006 survey of teachers in Washington State. The results suggest that Washington's teachers are fairly knowledgeable about their pensions, although new entrants and mid-career teachers appear to be less knowledgeable than veterans. As for teachers' preferences for plan structure, the survey suggests that when it comes to investing additional retirement savings, a plurality of teachers favor defined contribution plans that offer more portability and choice but also more risk than traditional defined benefit plans. Again, perhaps unsurprisingly, the findings suggest that, all else equal, teachers newer to the profession are more likely than veterans to favor a defined contribution structure.
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Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2011
This case covers the period 1993 to 2003. It tells the story of the challenges the Fort Worth Ind... more This case covers the period 1993 to 2003. It tells the story of the challenges the Fort Worth Independent School District board faced when the state accountability system revealed extremely poor student achievement and a stark achievement gap. To address the problem, the board hired a dynamic superintendent, Dr. Tom Tocco, who initiated aggressive instructional changes, particularly around reading instruction. Throughout this time, Tocco worked closely with Gary Manny, longtime president of the school board, to maintain district and community support. Manny’s death in March 2002 led to internal board turmoil and questions about the role of the board president and how board leadership should be selected.
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