Priscilla Wohlstetter Director Center on Educational Governance Diane and MacDonald Becket Professor of Education Policy Rossier School of Education University of Southern California

Priscilla Wohlstetter is Diane and MacDonald Becket Professor in Educational Governance at the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education, where she also serves as director of USC's Center on Educational Governance. Dr. Wohlstetter holds joint courtesy appointments in the College (Political Science Department), and in the Schools of Architecture and Policy, Planning and Development. She received her Masters from Harvard Graduate School of Education and her Ph.D. from Northwestern University. She teaches graduate courses on accountability, governance, and innovations in education. Her research explores the policy and politics of educational reform, as well as the relationship between school organization and improved school performance. She is currently involved in a project to improve accountability in charter schools, and another project on charter schools and alliances with for-profit and nonprofit organizations to improve the delivery of educational services. Her publications include numerous articles on the politics, organization, and effects of school-based management; links between policy and practice in charter schools; the use of cross-sectoral alliances to enhance school capacity; and the development of school networks to improve educational performance. Recent books include, Taking Account of Charter Schools (2003), co-edited with Katrina Bulkley, and Charter School Partnerships.8 Key Lessons for Success (2005).

E-mail: wohlstet@usc.edu