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This week's update includes an op-ed from Gubernatorial candidate Nan Whaley on pre-K access, chronic student absenteeism in Cleveland, and an article examining the growing need for more family-friendly housing options on higher education campuses. Read More

This week's update includes additional barriers immigrant families face in finding child care, new research on music's positive learning effects for children, and a poll on voter willingness to raise taxes to fund programs to support children. Read More

This week's update includes projected savings for Ohio families on child care costs if the Build Back Better Act is passed, three children's health organizations have declared a mental health state of emergency for children and adolescents, and researchers describe their research on gender gaps with respect to children’s political aspirations. Read More

This week's update includes why economists say expanded Child Tax Credit should be permanent; Researchers found that the most common use of CTC payments among Ohio families was purchasing food for their family; Research showing that (perhaps unsurprisingly) paying early childhood teachers more can reduce turnover in the field. Read More

This week's update includes why Ohio meets just 2 of 5 effective policies identified by The Prenatal-to-3 Policy as advancing the well-being of infants and toddlers, how student parents are being uniquely affected as campus child care centers continue to close, and a new report examining the impact of the recently expanded Child Tax Credit found that it encouraged parents to continue working. Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12029" img_size="full" style="vc_box_border" border_color="peacoc"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][oit_separator_text tag="h4" color="orange" style="dotted" border="1" width="100"]Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy's 8th Annual[/oit_separator_text][oit_paragraph size="xlarge" align="left" color="darkcyan"]Symposium on Children: Challenging Ourselves: Rethinking Family Engagement[/oit_paragraph][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][oit_separator color="white" style="solid" border="1" width="100"][vc_column_text] In partnership with: [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][oit_paragraph size="large" align="left" color="grey"]Recapping the full day of speakers during our Symposium on Children is always a feat! For the 8th annual symposium, we reflected on the topic of family engagement, and how to navigate and develop strategies to improve upon parental and educational engagement. Below you will find descriptions of each session and recordings of the event. We encourage you to... Read More

Crane Center Research Forum recap on the contribution of fathers in emotion socialization. Read More

This week's update includes why 1.6 million mothers of children under the age of 17 are missing from the workforce, a Columbus Monthly feature of recently completed Crane Center project, The Kids in Columbus Study (KICS), and how child care is a broken market. Read More

This week's update includes a new report from the U.S. Department of the Treasury condemning the U.S. child care system as unworkable and broken, a proposed Columbus City Council investment of $4 million into high-quality pre-K, and recent OSU analysis on the drop in Ohio student test scores on last spring's statewide achievement exams. Read More

This week's update includes a recap of a press briefing held in partnership with Columbus City Council and Future Ready Columbus; what children have to say about their virtual learning experiences, and new research finding that adequate face-time at home can help mitigate whatever loss of context or facial cues happens while children are masked at school. Read More