IN THE NEWS: December 2023

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Getting children to love reading

Crane faculty associate Dr. Shayne Piasta was interviewed by SciLine on how children learn to read, and how to help them learn to love it. Catch the video interview and abbreviated highlights published by The Conversation. Dr. Piasta also spoke on the All for Literacy podcast on the science of reading. Listen here.

Early Head Start DEI book club

Our Early Head Start Partnership Program was spotlighted by Ohio State’s College of Education and Human Ecology (EHE). Check out the article to learn how the “Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors” approach of EHE Professor Emerita Rudine Sims Bishop informs the Early Head Start program’s monthly book club focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Changes to Ohio’s third-grade reading guarantee

Jamie O’Leary, our associate director of policy and external affairs, recently spoke to Spectrum News 1 about upcoming changes to Ohio’s third-grade reading guarantee. You can watch the full program online here.