P3 Research Group

Welcome to our P3 Research Group webpage! We are a group of scholars that collaborate on a variety of different research projects with the goal of improving early educational outcomes for students. Currently, our research group is focused on the topic of principal leadership of early childhood education programs in schools. We provide an overview of our work and resources on this webpage.

Our research group is led by Dr. Michael Little, an expert in early childhood and early grades education policy. The research group is co-led by Dr. Tim Drake, an expert in educational leadership, and Dr. Cohen-Vogel, an expert in early education and systems improvement. You can learn about the rest of our team on this webpage.

Michael Little, PhD

Director and Early Childhood Education Lead
Lora Cohen-Vogel, PhD

Systems Improvement Lead
Tim Drake, PhD

School Leadership Lead

Latest Publications
& Resources

In this blog post for New America, we discuss findings from a survey about how North Carolina elementary school principals think about and support early education programs in their schools.
Published in the Elemtnary School Journal, we systematically reviewed the empirical literature on the topic of principal leadership of Pre-K programs. Access the article here.
In this presentation, we summarize our ongoing work to understand how ECE leadership is featured in principal preparation programs. Manuscript forthcoming.
P3 Workgroup Director, Michael Little, published an analysis of the growth of school-based Pre-K over time. Link here.
In this policy brief, we describe our Belk-funded research on how principals support Pre-K programs in schools in North Carolina.