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The Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy is a multidisciplinary research center dedicated to conducting high-quality research that improves children’s learning and development at home, in school and in the community.

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Our work ranges from multi-year, federally funded projects that examine outcomes of thousands of children and families, to program evaluation work in our state, to smaller scale analyses and briefs meant to inform policy makers and practitioners.

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Recent News

JOINT RESEARCH FORUM RECAP: Grappling With and Reconciling History to Improve Child Care Access
There is considerable fragmentation and variability in early care and education systems, access to high quality and affordable care is limited, and pay is low for the workforce. During this special research forum, Dr. Chrishana Lloyd discusses why using both a historical and equity lens.
Ohio lawmakers discuss efforts to make child care more accessible
This week in Tuned In: Child care crisis’ effect on employees missing work, webinars to share information on child and family support services in Ohio, and could child care “tri-share” come to Ohio?
New reading spaces for children at Ohio WIC clinics
This week in Tuned In: Why Americans haven’t settled on a basic definition for “child care,” incentivizing Ohio businesses to provide paid leave to employees, and creating literacy-rich urban environments for children.