How our work is making a difference
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
This week in Tuned In: Ohio House committee passes child care cost-sharing bill, the relationship between school belonging and absenteeism, and a call to preserve Ohio’s Kindergarten Readiness Assessment.
This week in Tuned In: Ohio launches awareness campaign to help families navigate resources, Medicaid’s critical role in supporting the early childhood workforce, and expanding a partnership model to combat infant mortality in Ohio.
This week in Tuned In: Where Ohio ranks in the latest State of Preschool Yearbook, why isolated regulations changes may not provide quick fixes to the child care crisis, and how one Ohio family resource center is working to improve maternal and infant health.
This week in Tuned In: What’s at stake over a Medicaid waiver to enable Ohio children to stay enrolled through age 3, youth crisis hotline number being rolled out across Ohio, and promoting shared book-reading between Black non-resident fathers and their preschool-aged children.