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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

This week's update includes the difficulty of finding and applying for child care assistance, the increasing cost of raising a child, and new research on what happens to children's brains when they experience stress. Read More

Crane Center faculty associate Dr. Matt Brock is currently accepting and fully funding PhD students to study special education for children and youth with significant disabilities through Project LEADERS. Read More

Our September Crane Research Forum explored Dr. Lauren Jones' research on how socioeconomic status and tax credits impacts child well-being. Read More

This week’s update includes why the climate crisis is a children's issue, a national survey of child care providers found that one third of Ohio respondents said their program likely would have closed without federal and state coronavirus relief funds, and a policy brief examining the health and economics costs of ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) in Ohio.  Read More

This week's update includes an article making the case for "early childhood districts" akin to K-12 school districts, a map showing how states are planning to spend their federal COVID relief funds on education, and why researchers are calling for a “more nuanced understanding” as to when and how reading digitally vs. in print may be beneficial for children. Read More

This week's update includes surveys and research studies which indicate that U.S. voters overwhelmingly support paid leave, Crane senior research associate Dr. Rebecca Dore was quoted in a USA TODAY article focusing on limiting children’s screen time, and what school leaders are doing to meet the mental health needs of students. Read More

This year our received more than $14.3 million in new funding to help us deepen our understanding of how children learn and how to best support them during the most formative years of brain development. Read More