SUSAN ALBERS MOHRMAN is Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Southern California. PRISCILLA WOHLSTETTER is associate professor of politics and policy in the School of Education at the University of Southern California. She also serves as a senior research fellow with the Consortium for Policy Research in Education and directs CPRE's Study of School-Based Management, upon which this book is based.

``Mohrman and Wohlstetter have written the most important volume on school-based management to date... a significant contribution to the school reform literature.'' --Joseph Murphy, professor and chair, department of educational leadership, Vanderbilt University

• Foreword1. Introduction: Improving School Performance(Susan Albers Mohrman,Priscilla Wohlstetter)Part One: School-Based Management and High Performance2. High-Involvement Management in the Private Sector(Susan AlbersMohrman)3. School-Based Management: An Overview(Rodney T. Ogawa, Paula A.White)4. Models of High Performance Schools(Priscilla Wohlstetter, RoxaneSmyer)5. The Role of Teachers in School Reform(Susan Moore Johnson,Katherine C. Boles)6. Education by Charter, Priscilla Wohlstetter7. Establishing the Conditions for High Performance(PriscillaWohlstetter, Susan Albers Mohrman)Part Two: Creating High Performance8. Making the Transition to High-Performance Management(SusanAlbers Mohrman)9. Change in Schools: Lessons from the Literature(David D.Marsh)10. Understanding and Managing the Change Process(Susan AlbersMohrman, Priscilla Wohlstetter)11. Conclusion: New Directions for School-BasedManagement(Priscilla Wohlstetter, Susan Albers Mohrman)