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Priscilla Wohlstetter

Priscilla Wohlstetter

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Political Science

D-Index
31
Citations
4193
World Ranking
1094
National Ranking
560

Overview

Priscilla Wohlstetter is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States, where their scholarly work primarily focuses on social sciences with a concentration in education. Their research encompasses various subfields, including education, sociology and political science, safety research, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their publications cover key topics such as school choice and performance, parental involvement in education, higher education research studies, disability education and employment, education systems and policy, teacher education and leadership studies, and critical race theory in education.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Wohlstetter include:

  • "Equity in Secondary Career and Technical Education in the United States: A Theoretical Framework and Systematic Literature Review," 2021, Review of Educational Research
  • "Barriers to Increasing Teacher Diversity: The Need to Move Beyond Aspirational Legislation," 2022, Education and Urban Society
  • "Pursuing Diversity: The Context, Practices, and Diversity Outcomes of Intentionally Diverse Charter Schools," 2022, Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education
  • "Positive Discipline Doesn't Sound Like Discipline": Experiences with Restorative Justice Implementation," 2023, Leadership and Policy in Schools
  • "Contracting for Coherence: Comparing Two Approaches to District Improvement in New York City," 2020, Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting

Wohlstetter has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Elisabeth Kim, Joanna Smith, Lorna Porter, Sarah Cordes, and Clare Buckley Flack. Notably, collaborations with Elisabeth Kim and Joanna Smith have resulted in multiple joint publications.

Wohlstetter's work has been published in a diverse array of venues such as Review of Educational Research, Education and Urban Society, Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education, Leadership and Policy in Schools, and the Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting.

Best Publications

  • Creating a system for data-driven decision-making: applying the principal-agent framework

    Priscilla Wohlstetter;Amanda Datnow;Vicki Park

  • Rethinking School-Based Management Policy and Research:

    Priscilla Wohlstetter;Allan Odden

  • Parent Involvement in Urban Charter Schools: New Strategies for Increasing Participation

    Joanna Smith;Priscilla Wohlstetter;Chuan Ally Kuzin;Kris T. De Pedro

  • New Boundaries for School-Based Management: The High Involvement Model.

    Priscilla Wohlstetter;Roxane Smyer;Susan Albers Mohrman

  • Organizing for Successful School-Based Management.

    Priscilla Wohlstetter;Amy N. Van Kirk;Peter J. Robertson;Susan A. Mohrman

  • Generating Curriculum and Instructional Innovations through School-Based Management

    Peter J. Robertson;Priscilla Wohlstetter;Susan Albers Mohrman

  • Charter Management Organizations: An Emerging Approach to Scaling up What Works.

    Caitlin Farrell;Priscilla Wohlstetter;Joanna Smith

  • Strategic Alliances in Action: Toward a Theory of Evolution

    Priscilla Wohlstetter;Joanna Smith;Courtney L. Malloy

  • Choices and Challenges: Charter School Performance in Perspective

    Priscilla Wohlstetter;Joanna Smith;Caitlin C. Farrell;Michael W. Kirst

  • Charter Schools in the United States: The Question of Autonomy:

    Priscilla Wohlstetter;Richard Wenning;Kerri L. Briggs

  • Key Elements of a Successful School-Based Management Strategy.

    Kerri L. Briggs;Priscilla Wohlstetter

  • Working Conditions In Charter Schools: What’s the Appeal for Teachers?

    Courtney L. Malloy;Priscilla Wohlstetter

  • Improving Schools through Networks: A New Approach to Urban School Reform:

    Priscilla Wohlstetter;Courtney L. Malloy;Derrick Chau;Jennifer L. Polhemus

  • School-Based Management: Organizing for High Performance

    Susan Albers Mohrman;Priscilla Wohlstetter

  • Understanding the different faces of partnering: a typology of public-private partnerships

    Joanna Smith;Priscilla Wohlstetter

  • Making School-Based Management Work.

    Eleanor R. Odden;Priscilla Wohlstetter

  • Recent Trends in Intergovernmental Relations: The Resurgence of Local Actors in Education Policy

    Julie A. Marsh;Priscilla Wohlstetter

  • Taking account of charter schools : what's happened and what's next?

    Katrina E. Bulkley;Priscilla Wohlstetter

  • Reform through School Networks: A New Kind of Authority and Accountability:

    Andrew K. Smith;Priscilla Wohlstetter

  • Improving Service Delivery in Education Through Collaboration: An Exploratory Study of the Role of Cross‐Sectoral Alliances in the Development and Support of Charter Schools*

    Priscilla Wohlstetter;Courtney L. Malloy;Guilbert C. Hentschke;Joanna Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominic J. Brewer
Dominic J. Brewer University of Southern California
Amanda Datnow
Amanda Datnow University of California, San Diego

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