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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.

Our Work

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.

Recent News

CRANE RESEARCH FORUM RECAP – The Double-Edged Sword of AI Use: Implications for Early Childhood Education
With the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) use, it is important to examine how AI intersects with early child care and education. In this session, Dr. Jennifer Chen explored both the positive and negative aspects of utilizing AI for teaching and children’s learning.
Universal pre-K boosted parental earnings by 22%, new research shows
This week in Tuned In: Child care prices in Ohio up 25% in 5 years; the financial, mental, and emotional toll of caregiving; and why a single solution to alleviating poverty’s consequences is ‘nonsensical.’
Stay-at-home parents need child care, too
This week in Tuned In: How some districts are responding to a decline in kindergarten readiness, racial disparities in Ohio’s infant mortality rates, and child care on college campuses.
‘Child care is an economic issue. Full stop.’
This week in Tuned In: Where the U.S. ranks in the cost of child care, combatting chronic absenteeism in schools, and repurposing empty school buildings into child care facilities.