Decentralization / Publications
Books and Book Chapters
Wohlstetter, P., Briggs, K., & Van Kirk, A. (2002). School-based management: What it is and does it make a difference? In D. Levinson, P. W. Cookson, & Sadovnik, A. R. (Eds.), Education and sociology: An encyclopedia (pp. 501-506). New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
Wohlstetter, P. & Sebring, P.B. (2000). School-based management in the United States. In M. Arnott & C. Raab (Eds.), The governance of schooling: Comparative studies of devolved management.. London: Routledge.
Wohlstetter, P., Van Kirk, A., Robertson, P., & Mohrman, S. (1997). Organizing for successful school-based management. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Wohlstetter, P., Mohrman, S., & Robertson, P. (1996). Successful school-based management: Lessons for restructuring urban schools. In D. Ravitch & J. Viteritti (Eds.), New schools for a new century: The redesign of urban education (pp.201-225). New Haven: Yale University Press.
Wohlstetter, P. & Van Kirk, A. (1995). Redefining school-based budgeting for high-involvement. In L. O. Picus (Ed.), Where does money go? Resource allocation in elementary and secondary schools (pp. 212-235). Newbury Park, CA: Corwin Press.
Journal Articles
Briggs, K. L. & Wohlstetter, P. (2003). Key elements of a successful school-based management strategy. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 15(3), 351-372.
Wohlstetter, P. & Malloy, C. L. (2001). Organizing for literacy achievement: Using school-governance to improve classroom practice. Education and Urban Society, 34(1), 42-65.
Robertson, P. J., Wohlstetter, P., & Mohrman, S. A. (1995). Generating curriculum and instructional innovations through school-based management. Educational Administration Quarterly, 31(1), 375-404.
Wohlstetter, P. (1995). Getting school-based management right: What works and what doesn't. Phi Delta Kappan, 77(1), 22-26.
Wohlstetter, P. and Briggs, K. L. (1994). The principal's role in school-based management. Principal, 74, 14-17.
Wohlstetter, P., Smyer, R., & Mohrman, S. A. (1994). New boundaries for school-based management: The high involvement model. Educational evaluation and policy analysis, 16(3), 268-286.
Wohlstetter, P, & Odden, A. (1992). Rethinking school-based management policy and research. Educational Administration Quarterly, 28, 529-549
Policy Briefs
Sam, C., Smith, J., & Wohlsetter, P. (2008). Involving teachers in charter school governance (National Resource Center on Charter School Finance & Governance Policy Brief). Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California, Center on Educational Governance.
Wohlstetter, P. & Mohrman, S.A. (1994). School-based management: Promise and process (Finance brief). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University, Consortium for Policy Research in Education.
Wohlstetter, P. & Mohrman, S. A. (1993). School-based management: Strategies for success (CPRE-FB-02-1/93). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University, Consortium for Policy Research in Education.
