Education
- Ph.D. – Vanderbilt University, Leadership and Policy Studies
- B.A. – Colgate University, Psychology
Areas of Expertise
- Educational policy and research
- Politics of education
- Improving schools and school systems
- Policy development in education
- Policy implementation
Research
Focused on domestic education policy, Cohen-Vogel is interested in identifying the programs and practices that are successfully raising schooling outcomes for people farthest from educational opportunity in the U.S.
As the Frank A. Daniel Jr. Distinguished Professor, she works through engaged partnerships with school districts across the nation to achieve better outcomes equitably at scale. Cohen-Vogel is currently applying her expertise in implementation and improvement research through several funded projects, including:
- the U.S. Department of Education-funded Teacher and School Leadership Incentive Programs with Pitt County Schools to build an improvement learning ecosystem in the district ($5.7 million);
- the Early Learning Network Project funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to examine factors that may mediate the effect of high-quality PreK experiences on the later life outcomes of North Carolina’s rural children ($4.5 million); and
- IES- and foundation-funded projects exploring the role of school-based Pre-K and early grades principal leadership in students’ academic achievement ($850,000); among others.
Cohen-Vogel is also a steering committee member and investigator on a foundation-funded development project with ncIMPACT and myFutureNC to support 15 Local Educational Attainment Collaboratives across North Carolina and representing nearly 35 school districts ($1.1 million). Previously, she served as associate director of the five-year, $13.5 million National Center for Research and Development on Scaling Up Effective Schools, a research-practice partnership between UNC-Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt University, Florida State University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Education Development Center, and two of the nation’s largest school districts.
Serving on a committee of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, she co-authored the 2022 NASEM Report on the Future of Educational Research, whose recommendations have been adopted into law and signed by President Biden on Dec. 29, 2022. Leading the Division of Education Policy and Politics (Division L), Cohen-Vogel has also served as vice president of the 25,000-member American Educational Research Association and President of the Politics of Education Association.
Articles by Cohen-Vogel have been published in the American Educational Research Journal, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, the American Journal of Education, Teachers College Record, and Educational Administration Quarterly, among others.
- EDUC 866, Policy to Practice
- EDUC 994, Doctoral Research and Dissertation
- EDUC 867, Issues in Educational Policy and Research
- EDUC 823, Policy Development in Education
- EDUC 865, College Teaching Internship
- EDUC 832, Politics of Education
- EDUC 739, Global Child: Development and Education
- EDUC 696, Independent Study Doctoral Level
- EDUC 871, Seminar in Education
“Sustaining Pre-K Gains into Elementary School: Exploring the Role of School-Based Pre-K in Equity, Continuity, and Collaboration “, Cohen-Vogel, L., Lead Principal Investigator; North Carolina State University, $154,705. (Prime Project: $531,230, DOED). (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2025).
“Equitable Rostering Solution: A Project on Evidence-Based Teacher-Student Assignment”, Springer, M., Lead Principal Investigator; Cohen-Vogel, L., Co-Principal Investigator; Domina, T., Co-Principal Investigator; Halpin, P., Co-Principal Investigator; US Department of Education (DOED), $1,722,596. (July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025).
“Teacher & School Leader Incentive Program: Pitt County, NC”, Cohen-Vogel, L., Lead Principal Investigator; Pitt County Schools, $264,038. (Prime Project: $5,386,551, DOED). (October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2024).
“Teacher & School Leader Incentive Program: Pitt County, NC”; Pitt County Schools, $264,038. (Prime Project: $5,386,551, DOED). (October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2024).
“Teacher & School Leader Incentive Program: Pitt County, NC”, Cohen-Vogel, L., Lead Principal Investigator; Harrison, C., Technical Staff; Pitt County School, $214,606. (Prime Project: $5,386,551, DOED). (October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2024).
“Understanding P-3 Principal Practice in North Carolina”; NCSU, $17,111. (Prime Project: $75,000, Belk Foundation). (December 7, 2021 – December 31, 2022).
“Paving the Way for Evidence-Based Teacher-Student Assignment in North Carolina (the Paving the Way project)”, Springer, M., Lead Principal Investigator; Cohen-Vogel, L., Co-Principal Investigator; Halpin, P., Co-Principal Investigator; Belk Foundation, $189,717. (January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2022).
“Early Education in Rural North Carolina”, Seifer, R., Lead Principal Investigator; Cohen-Vogel, L., Co-Principal Investigator; US Department of Education, $4,598,879. (March 2, 2016 – May 31, 2021).
“Evidence Based Staffing: A Feasibility Study and Proposal Completion Project”, Springer, M., Lead Principal Investigator; Cohen-Vogel, L., Co-Principal Investigator; Dong, N., Co-Principal Investigator; Halpin, P., Co-Principal Investigator; UNC-CH – School of Education, $19,999. (June 1, 2019 – December 31, 2020).
- Board Appointment, IES’s Career & Technical Research Center. (July 2024).
- Fellow, Improvement Scholars Network, Carnegie Foundation for the Adv of Teaching. (2022).
- Secondary Faculty Appointment, School of Public Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (2022).
- Inaugural Award for Excellence in Teaching, School of Education, UNC. (September 2021).
- Appointee, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Committee on the Future of Education Research. (March 2021).
- Fellow, Improvement Scholars Network, Carnegie Foundation for the Adv of Teaching. (2020).
- Kenan Senior Faculty Research and Scholarly Leave Award, Office of the Provost, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (2020).
- Fellow, Education Policy Institute of Carolina. (2019).
- Fellow, Relational Leadership Institute (RLI). PCP and Oregon Health and Sciences University and Primary Care Progress. Cambridge, MA. (2019).
- Nominated for:Excellence in Mentorship, Spencer Foundation. (2019).
- Bill and Karen Campbell Faculty Mentor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (2018).
- Fellow, Education Policy Institute of Carolina. (2018).
- Eminent Scholar, University of Maryland. (2017).
- Scholar Mentor, McNairs Fellows Program. (2017).
- Scholar of Influence, EdWeek: Public Influence Rankings. (2014).
- Nominated for:Early Career Award, American Ed Research Association (General not Division). (2013).
- David Colton Award, Politics of Education Association. (2010).
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Spencer Foundation. (2002).
- Dissertation Award, American Ed Research Association. (2001).
- University Fellowship for Outstanding Scholarship, Vanderbilt University. (2001).
- Association for Education Finance and Policy. (2004 – Present).
- American Educational Research Association. (1997 – Present).
Journal Article
Bratsch-Hines, M., Bastian, K., Cohen-Vogel, L., Burchinal, M., & Peisner-Feinberg, E. (2025). Associations of state-funded prekindergarten with early elementary literacy and absenteeism. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 72(3), 249–261.
Gottfried, M., Little, M., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2025). Does going to school-based prekindergarten predict access to disability services in elementary school?. Remedial and Special Education. Published. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07419325251350610
Gottfried, M., Kim, P., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Little, M. (2025). Does the “where” matter? School-based Pre-K versus center-based Pre-K and its link to students’ absenteeism. Early Childhood Education Journal. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-025-02001-x
Burchinal, M., Pianta, R., Ansari, A., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Bratsch-Hines, M. (accepted). Pre-kindergarten classroom experiences and child outcomes through first grade. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 75(2), 120–133.
Little, M., Gottfried, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Kim, P. (2025). School-versus center-based Pre-K: Are there differences in student achievement, executive function, and social-emotional outcomes. Early Education and Development, 37(1), 166–180.
Ansari, A., McCormick, M., Purtell, K., Bratsch-Hines, M., Franco-Jenkins, X., Hsueh, J., Cohen-Vogel, L., & et al. (2025). Associations between school characteristics and learning gains for pre-K attenders and non-attenders: Important constructs, limited evidence. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 72, 182–194.
Cohen-Vogel, L., Brooks, C. D., Little, M., Drake, T. A., Domina, T., Springer, M., Gragson, A., & Cadilla, V. (2025). Is Second Grade a Zone of Instructional Development for Teachers? Rethinking Strategic Staffing With a Mixed-Methods Study of Elementary Principals’ Assignment Decisions. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1–38. https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737251348202
Bratsch-Hines, M., Bastian, K., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Little, M. (accepted). Associations of state-funded prekindergarten with early elementary literacy and absenteeism. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.
Little, M., Bastian, K., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Burchinal, M. (2024). Is skill heterogeneity in kindergarten classrooms associated with the persistence of pre-k gains? Evidence from the IES Early Learning Network. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 68, 35–48.
Little, M., Drake, T., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Gragson, A. (2024). Principal leadership of pre-k programs in elementary schools: Evidence from North Carolina. Educational Policy. Published. https://doi.org/10.1177/08959048241271365
Cohen-Vogel, L., Harrison, C., Socol, A. R., Xing, Q. C., Edwards, T., & Carson, C. (2024). Warrants for Action: An Agenda for Continuous Improvement Research in Education. American Journal of Education, 130(4), 519–553. https://doi.org/10.1086/730996
Bratsch-Hines, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., Little, M., Lindsay, C. A., & Carr, R. (2023). Teacher-child racial/ethnic match from prekindergarten through first grade: Understanding early exposure and outcomes. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 63, 145–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.12.004
Bezdek, K., Little, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Bratsch-Hines, M. (2023). Transition practices of rural pre-k and kindergarten teachers and their relations to children’s academic and social skills. Early Education and Development, 34(2), 426–448. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10409289.2022.2026191
Cohen-Vogel, L., Harrison, C., Socol, A., Edwards, T., & Carson, C. (accepted). Warrants for action: An agenda for improving learning through education research. American Journal of Education.
Drake, T., Little, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Gragson, A. (2023). What shapes principals’ early childhood leadership practices? A mixed-methods study of North Carolina school leadership. Leadership and Policy in Schools, Published on-line 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2023.2277270
Bratsch-Hines, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., Little, M., Lindsay, C., & Carr, R. (2023). Teacher-child racial/ethnic match from prekindergarten through first grade: Understanding early exposure and outcomes. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 63, 145–155. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S088520062200134X
Rauch Griffard, M., Sadler, J., Little, M., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2022). Governing early learning among the American states. Children and Youth Services Review, 143, 106625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106625
Griffard, M., Sadler, J., Little, M., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2022). Governing across systems: State efforts towards alignment in early learning. Children and Youth Services Review, 143(c)).
Bezdek, K., Little, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Burchinal, M. (2022). Unequal access to school transition practices? Transition practices of rural Pre-K and kindergarten teachers and their relations to children’s academic and social skills. Early Education and Development, 32(2), p426–p448.
Little, M., Drake, T. A., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Eagle, J. (2022). When School Doesn’t Start at Age 5. The Elementary School Journal, 123(1), 176–202. https://doi.org/10.1086/720563
Little, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Drake, T. (2022). When school doesn’t start at age 5: Elementary principal leadership of Pre-K programs in schools. Elementary School Journal, 123(1).
Burchinal, M., Foster, T., Garber, K., Cohen-Vogel, L., Bratsch-Hines, M., & Peisner-Feinberg, E. (2022). Examining three hypotheses for pre-kindergarten fade-out. Developmental Psychology, 58(3), 453–469. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001302
Burchinal, M., Bratsch-Hines, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Peisner-Feinberg, E. (2022). Examining Three Hypotheses for Pre-K Fade-out. Developmental Psychology, 58(3), 453–469. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35007112/
Burchinal, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., Bratsch-Hines, M., & Peisner-Feinberg, E. (published). Examining Three Hypotheses for Pre-K Fade-out. Developmental Psychology.
Cohen-Vogel, L., Little, M., Jang, W., Burchinal, M., & Bratsch-Hines, M. (2021). A Missed Opportunity? Instructional Content Redundancy in Pre-K and Kindergarten. AERA Open, 7. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584211006163
Cohen-Vogel, L., Sadler, J., Little, M., & Merrill, B. (2020). (Mis)Alignment of Instructional Policy Supports in Pre-K and Kindergarten: Evidence from Rural Districts in North Carolina. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Volume 52,(Part B, 3rd Quarter 2020), 30–43. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0885200619301383
Cohen-Vogel, L., Merrill, B., Little, M., & Lee, K. (2020). “Quality” Assurance Features in State-funded Early Childhood Education. Children & Youth Services Review, Volume 113,(June 2020). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0190740919314057
Cohen-Vogel, L., Sadler, J., Merrill, B., Little, M., & Curran, F. C. (2020). The Adoption of Public Pre-Kindergarten among the American States: An Event History Analysis. Educational Policy, https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904820961002. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0895904820961002
Little, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., Sadler, J., & Merrill, B. (2020). Moving Kindergarten Entry Assessments from Policy to Practice Evidence from North Carolina. Early Education and Development, 31(5), 796–815. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2020.1724600
Merrill, B., Cohen-Vogel, L., Little, M., Sadler, J., & Lee, K. (2020). “Quality” assurance features in state-funded early childhood education. Children and Youth Services Review, 113, 104972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104972
Curran, F. C., Little, M. H., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Domina, T. (2020). School Readiness Assessments for Class Placements and Academic Sorting in Kindergarten. Educational Policy, 34(3), 518–547. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904818802109
Cohen-Vogel, L. (2019). Civic Education and the Paradox of Political Participation. Peabody Journal of Education. Published.
Little, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., Merrill, B., & Sadler, J. (2019). Data-driven decision making in early education: Evidence From North Carolina’s Pre-K program. Education Policy Analysis Archives. Published.
Harrison, C., Wachen, J., Brown, S., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2019). A View from Within: Lessons Learned from Partnering for Continuous Improvement. Teachers College Record, 121(9), 1–38. https://doi.org/10.1177/016146811912100902
Cohen-Vogel, L., Little, M., & Fierro, C. (2019). Evidence-Based Staffing in High Schools: Using Student Achievement Data in Teacher Hiring, Evaluation, and Assignment. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 18(1), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2017.1326146
Cohen-Vogel, L., Allen, D., Rutledge, S., Cannata, M., Harrison, C., & Smith, T. (2018). The Dilemmas of Research-Practice Partnerships: Implications for Leading Continuous Improvement in Education. Journal of Research on Organization in Education, 2, 1–24.
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Cohen-Vogel, L., Feng, L., & Wilson, J. (2018). Researching Collective Bargaining Agreements: Building Conceptual Understandings in an Era of Decling Union Power. Educational Policy. Published.
Tichnor-Wagner, A., Allen, D., Cohen-Vogel, L., Socol, A. R., Rutledge, S., & Xing, Q. W. (2018). Studying Implementation within a Continuous-Improvement Process: What Happens When We Design with Adaptations in Mind?. Teachers College Record, 120(5), 1–52. https://doi.org/10.1177/016146811812000506
Wachen, J., Harrison, C., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2018). Data Use as Instructional Reform: Exploring Educators’ Reports of Classroom Practice. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 17(2), 296–325. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2016.1278244
Tichnor-Wagner, A., Wachen, J., Cannata, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Hall, P. P. (2017). Continuous Improvement in the Public School Context: Understanding Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycles. Journal of Educational Change, 18(3).
Cohen-Vogel, L., Little, M., & Fierro, C. (2017). Evidence-Based Staffing: Using Student Achievement Data in Teacher Hiring and Assignment. Leadership and Policy in Schools. Published.
Little, M., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2017). Ready for School? Assessing America’s Kindergartners. Teachers College Record. Published.
Tichnor-Wagner, A., Wachen, J., Cannata, M., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2017). Continuous improvement in the public school context: Understanding how educators respond to plan–do–study–act cycles. Journal of Educational Change, 18(4), 465–494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-017-9301-4
Cannata, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Sorum, M. (2017). Partnering for Improvement: Improvement Communities and Their Role in Scale Up. Peabody Journal of Education, 92(5), 569–588. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956x.2017.1368633
Cohen-Vogel, L., Cannata, M., Rutledge, S. A., & Socol, A. R. (2016). A Model of Continuous Improvement in High Schools: A Process for Research, Innovation Design, Implementation, and Scale. Teachers College Record, 118(13), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/016146811611801301
Smith, T. M., Cannata, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Rutledge, S. A. (2016). Design and Implementation of High School Reform: Perspectives from Research and Practice. Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education, 118(13), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/016146811611801303
Tichnor-Wagner, A., Harrison, C., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2016). Cultures of Learning in Effective High Schools. Educational Administration Quarterly, 52(4), 602–642.
Little, M. H., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Curran, F. C. (2016). Facilitating the Transition to Kindergarten: What ECLS-K Data Tell Us about School Practices Then and Now. AERA Open, 2(3).
Little, M. H., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2016). Too much too soon? An analysis of the discourses used by policy advocates in the debate over kindergarten. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.24.2293
Cohen-Vogel, L., Tichnor-Wagner, A., Allen, D., Harrison, C., Kainz, K., Socol, A. R., & Wang, Q. (2015). Implementing Educational Innovations at Scale: Transforming Researchers into Continuous Improvement Scientists. Educational Policy, 29(1), 257–277.
Kainz, K., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Harrison, C. (2015). The Mighty Middle: Continuous Improvement as an Ideal for Improving Teaching and Teaching Evaluation. American School Board Journal. Published.
Rutledge, S. A., Cohen-Vogel, L., Osborne-Lampkin, L., & Roberts, R. L. (2015). Understanding Effective High Schools: Evidence for Personalization for Academic and Social Emotional Learning. American Educational Research Journal, 52(6), 1060–1092.
Midkiff, B., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2015). Understanding Local Instructional Responses to Federal and State Accountability Mandates: A Typology of Extended Learning Time. Peabody Journal of Education, 90(1), 9–26.
LaVenia, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Lang, L. B. (2015). The Common Core State Standards Initiative: An Event History Analysis of State Adoption. American Journal of Education, 121(2), 145–182. https://doi.org/10.1086/679389
Cohen-Vogel, L., Tichnor-Wagner, A., Allen, D., Harrison, C., Kainz, K., Socol, A. R., & Wang, Q. (2015). Implementing educational innovations at scale: Remaking researchers into improvement scientists. Educational Policy, 29(1), 257–277. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904814560886
Osborne-Lampkin, L., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2014). “Spreading the Wealth”: How Principals Use Performance Data to Populate Classrooms. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 13(2), 188–208. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2014.901393
Cohen-Vogel, L., Feng, L., & Osborne-Lampkin, L. (2013). Seniority Provisions in Collective Bargaining Agreements and the “Teacher Quality Gap.” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 35(3), 324–343. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373713482765
Hauptli, M. V., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2013). The Federal Role in Adolescent Literacy from Johnson through Obama: A Policy Regimes Analysis. American Journal of Education, 119(3), 373–404. https://doi.org/10.1086/669852
Cohen-Vogel, L., & Harrison, C. (2013). Leading With Data: Evidence From the National Center on Scaling up Effective Schools. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 12(2), 122–145. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2013.792934
Venters, M., Hauptli, M. V., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2012). Federal Solutions to School Fiscal Crises: Lessons from Nixon’s failed national sales tax for education. Educational Policy, 26(1), 35–57.
Harrison, C., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2012). The Politics of Teacher Reform in Florida: Analyzing Causal Narratives Surrounding State Adoption of Performance-Based Evaluations, Performance Pay, and Tenure Elimination. Peabody Journal of Education, 87(5), 517–534. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956x.2012.723489
Venters, M., Hauptli, M. V., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2012). Federal Solutions to School Fiscal Crises: Lessons from Nixon’s failed national sales tax for education. Educational Policy, 26(1), 35–57. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904811425913
Cha, S., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2011). Why they quit: A focused look at teachers who leave for other occupations. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 22(4), 371–392. https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2011.587437
Cohen-Vogel, L. (2011). “Staffing to the Test”: Are today’s school personnel practices evidence based?. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 33(4), 483–505. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373711419845
Cohen-Vogel, L. (2011). “Staffing to the Test:” Are Today’s School Personnel Practices Evidence-based?. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 33(4), 483–505.
Kalifeh, P., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Grass, S. (2011). The Federal Role in Early Childhood Education: Evolution in the Goals, Governance, and Policy Instruments of Project Head Start. Educational Policy, 25(1), 36–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904810387413
Cohen-Vogel, L., Goldring, E., & Smrekar, C. (2010). The Influence of Local Conditions on Social Service Partnerships, Parent Involvement, and Community Engagement in Neighborhood Schools. American Journal of Education, 117(1), 51–78. https://doi.org/10.1086/656346
Cohen-Vogel, L., & Rutledge, S. (2009). The Pushes and Pulls of New Localism: School-Level Instructional Arrangements, Instructional Resources, and Family-Community Partnerships. Teachers College Record, 111(13), 70–103. https://doi.org/10.1177/016146810911101308
Cohen-Vogel, L., Ingle, W. K., Levine, A. A., & Spence, M. (2008). The “Spread” of Merit-Based College Aid. Educational Policy, 22(3), 339–362. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904807307059
Cohen-Vogel, L., & Ingle, W. K. (2007). When neighbours matter most: Innovation, diffusion and state policy adoption in tertiary education. Journal of Education Policy, 22(3), 241–262. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680930701269152
Cohen-Vogel, L., & Hunt, H. (2007). Governing Quality in Teacher Education: Deconstructing Federal Text and Talk. American Journal of Education, 114(1), 137–163. https://doi.org/10.1086/520694
Cohen-Vogel, L., Cohen‐Vogel, L., & Hughes, R. (2007). The Public Policy Process among Southeastern States: Elaborating Theories of Regional Adoption and Hold‐Out Behavior. Policy Studies Journal, 35(4), 607–628. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2007.00239.x
Cohen-Vogel, L., & Osborne-Lampkin, L. (2007). Allocating Quality: Collective Bargaining Agreements and Administrative Discretion Over Teacher Assignment. Educational Administration Quarterly, 43(4), 433–461. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161×07306450
Cohen-Vogel, L., & Smith, T. M. (2007). Qualifications and Assignments of Alternatively Certified Teachers: Testing Core Assumptions. American Educational Research Journal, 44(3), 732–753. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831207306752
Goldring, E., Cohen-Vogel, L., Smrekar, C., & Taylor, C. (2006). Schooling Closer to Home: Desegregation Policy and Neighborhood Contexts. American Journal of Education, 112(3), 335–362. https://doi.org/10.1086/500712
Cohen-Vogel, L. (2005). Federal Role in Teacher Quality: “Redefinition” or Policy Alignment?. Educational Policy, 19(1), 18–43. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904804272246
Smrekar, C., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2001). The Voices of Parents: Rethinking the Intersection of Family and School. Peabody Journal of Education, 76(2), 75–100. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327930pje7602_5
Book
Cohen-Vogel, L., Bryk, A., Henrick, E., & McMahon, K. (accepted). Learning to Deliver: How to Achieve Deeper Learning at Scale. Harvard Education Press.
Cohen-Vogel, L., Youngs, P., & Scott, J. (2025). AERA Handbook of Education Policy Research (pp. 1–1786). American Educational Research Association. https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.31510356
Cohen-Vogel, L., Bryk, A., Henrich, E., & Sherer, D. (accepted). Learning to Deliver: Realizing the Promise of Deeper Learning through Systems Transformation.. Harvard Education Press.
Cohen-Vogel, L., Scott, J., & Young, P. (Eds.). (accepted). Handbook of Education Policy Research. AERA/Routledge.
Perauch, D., Russell, J., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Penuel, W. (Eds.). (2022). The Foundational Handbook of Improvement Research in Education. Rowman & Littlefield. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538152348/The-Foundational-Handbook-on-Improvement-Research-in-Education
Cohen-Vogel, L., Peurach, D., Penuel, B., & Russell, J. (Eds.). (2022). Foundational Handbook in Improvement-focused Educational Research. Rowman & Littlefield.
Gamoran, A., Cohen-Vogel, L., Scott, J., & A. 1. o. a. (2022). The Future of Education Research at IES: Advancing an Equity-Oriented Science. Washington, DC: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.. National Academies Press. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/26428/chapter/1#iii
Cohen-Vogel, L., Scott, J., & Youngs (Eds.). (accepted). AERA Handbook of Education Policy Research. American Educational Research Association.
Smith, T. M., Cannata, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Rutledge, S. (2016). Effectiveness and Scale in U.S. High Schools. National Society for the Study of Education.
Book Chapter
Cohen-Vogel, L., Youngs, P., & Scott, J. (2025). A compilation of methods, logics, and findings from education policy research (pp. 1–18). American Educational Research Association.
Cohen-Vogel, L., Rutledge, S., Russell, J., & Peurach, D. (2025). Improvement research in education: Charting a policy pathway to a deeper research enterprise. In Handbook of Education Policy Research (pp. 397–416). American Educational Research Association.
Cohen-Vogel, L., Rutledge, S., Hinnant-Crawford, B., & Russell, J. (accepted). Improvement research in education: Charting a policy pathway to a deeper research enterprise. In Handbook of Education Policy Research. American Educational Research Association.
Springer, M., Halpin, P., Springer, J., Stuit, D., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Chris, B. (2022). The Case for Educational Matching Markets: Practical Resource Allocation Schemes for Addressing Inequities and Achievement Gaps. In Recent Advancements in Education Finance and Policy. T. Downes and K. Killeen (Eds).
Perauch, D., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2022). Building a field of improvement research in education. In The Foundational Handbook of Improvement Research in Education. Rowman & Littlefield.
Cohen-Vogel, L., Harrison, C., & Cohen-Vogel, D. (2022). On teams: The social organization of improvement research in education. In The Foundational Handbook of Improvement Research in Education. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.. Rowan & Littlefield.
Cohen-Vogel, L., Hinnant-Crawford, B., Perauch, D., Russell, J., & Rutledge, S. (accepted). Improvement research in education: Charting a policy pathway to a deeper research enterprise. .. American Educational Research Association.
Ingle, W. K., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2020). Power, Politics, and Social Hegemony in Education. In Oxford Encyclopedia of Educational Administration (pp. 1–25). Oxford University Press. https://oxfordre.com/education/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264093-e-713
Ingle, W. K., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2020). Power, Politics, and Social Hegemony in Education. In Oxford Encyclopedia of Educational Administration (pp. 1–25). Oxford University Press. 117 Ruskin Drive
Ingle, W. K., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2020). Politics, Power, and Social Hegemony. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.713
McLendon, M. K., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Wachen, J. (2014). Understanding Education Policymaking and Policy Change in the American States: Learning from contemporary policy theory. In Handbook of Education Politics and Policy (p. 86–117). Routledge New York, NY.
Cohen-Vogel, L., Osborne-Lampkin, L., & Houck, E. (2013). New Data, Old Patterns: The Role of Test Scores in Student Assignment. In The Infrastructure of Accountability: Mapping Data Use and its consequences (p. 141–161). Harvard Education Press Cambridge, MA.
Cohen-Vogel, L., Osobrne-Lampkin, T., & Houck, E. (2013). New data, old patterns: the role of test scores in student assignment. In The Infrastructure of Accountability (pp. 129–144). Harvard Education Press.
Cohen-Vogel, L., & Mclendon, M. K. (2009). New Approaches to Understanding Federal Involvement in Education. In Handbook of Education Policy Research (pp. 735–748). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203880968.ch57
Other
Cohen-Vogel, L., Century, J., & Sherer, D. (2022). A Framework for Scaling for Equity. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. https://www.carnegiefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/A-Framework-for-Scaling-Equity_CC.pdf
Cohen-Vogel, L. (2019). Civics Education Policy and Politics in the United States. In I guest edited Issue 1, Volume 94 of the Peabody Journal of Education.
Technical Report
Springer, M., Halpin, P., D., Cohen-Vogel, L., Powell, J., Domina, T., Estrera, E., Springer, J., & McMillen, B. (accepted). Evidence-Informed Assignment of Students and Teachers to Classrooms: A Pilot Study of the Equitable Rostering Solution. (pp. 1–69). Final Report to IES, USDOE.
Harrison, C., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2024). Building Capacity for Learning and Improvement in Pitt County Schools: Report from Year Three of the Recruit, Retain, and Reward (R3) Project. In Report to the Superintendent of Pitt County Schools.
Professional
- Board of Advisors, Improvement Scholars Network, Nashville, TN. (2018 – 2025).
- Editorial Review Board Member, Peabody Journal of Education. (2011 – 2025).
- Reviewer/Referee, Multiple Journals. (2011 – 2025).
- Editorial Review Board Member, American Educational Research Journal (AERJ). (2020 – 2022).
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Research on Organizations in Education. (2016 – 2021).
- Vice President, American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC. (2016 – 2019).
- Committee Member, Government Relations Committee, American Educational Research Association. (2016 – May 2019).
- Co-Founder, Junior Faculty Mentoring Program, Division L, AERA. (2017 – 2018).
- Editorial Review Board Member, Educational Researcher. (2012 – 2018).
- Founder / Mentor, William L Boyd Politics of Education Workshop. (2008 – 2018).
- President, Politics of Education Association. (2008 – 2010).
University
- Member, AREA: Educational Policy, Organization and Leadership. (2011 – 2035).
- Member, Post Tenure Review. (July 2025 – June 2028).
- Member, Administrative Advisory Board, Adams School of Dentistry. (August 2022 – July 2026).
- Committee Member, Scholarship Committee. (August 2023 – July 2025).
- Member, Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure (APT). (August 2022 – July 2025).
- Chair, Faculty Search Committee. (August 2024 – March 2025).
- Participant, Program Review (PhD). (February 2025).
- Member, Post Tenure Review. (July 2020 – June 2022).
- Reviewer/Evaluator, Teaching Observations for School of Education Faculty. (2020 – 2021).
Public
- Board Member, Technical Advisory Board, Career and Technical Education Project, Florida State University, Tallahassee. (2024 – 2027).
- Judge, Carolina Across 100. (January 2025 – February 2025).
- Board of Directors, North Carolina Early Grades Leadership Collaborative, Raleigh, NC. (2022 – 2024).
- Organizer, North Carolina Rural Schools Collaborative. (January 2024 – November 2024).
- Judge, Carolina Across 100. (January 2024 – February 2024).
- Board Member, ncIMPACT, Local Education Attainment Collaboratives. (2021 – 2023).
- Committee Member, Early Learning Network (UNC/UVA/UNE/UCI/OSU/MDRC), Lincoln, NE. (2017 – 2023).
- Committee Member, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Comm on the Future of Ed Research, Washington, DC. (2021 – 2022).
- Organizer, Organizer and Presenter, Carolina Across 100. The Forum: Local Educational Attainment Collaboratives across North Carolina. (2021 – December 2022).
- Organizer, Early Learning Ad Hoc Team. (2020).