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.
This week in Tuned In: Literacy coaches in Ohio schools, improving access to healthcare for kids in Appalachia, and Crane to co-sponsor policy chat on ‘Birth-to-Five Landscape.’ Read More
This week in Tuned In: Ohio invests to address infant mortality, elementary school vending machine offers books, and what’s the return on investment for businesses offering child care support? Read More
This week in Tuned In: Biden’s budget proposals to invest in early childhood, Head Start availability not meeting the need, and how learning science might help kids read better. Read More
In 2023, the Crane and Schoenbaum Centers received 16 new grant awards to advance the field of early child care and education in research, practice, and policy. Read More
During the March Crane Research Forum, Dr. Elizabeth Hadley discussed the impacts on language and literacy development in children at the end of first grade whose pre-kindergarten learning experiences were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
To mark Women’s History Month, the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy and the Schoenbaum Family Center celebrate women’s contributions to, and unique perspectives on, early childhood education. Read More
This week in Tuned In: Business group leader calls for Ohio to address child care crisis, child care costs are many families’ greatest financial stressor, and are Ohio schools ready for changes in state rules in teaching reading? Read More
This Week in Tuned In: Staffing shortages shrink child care availability, letting candidates spend campaign funds on child care, and a milestone for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio. Read More
This week in Tuned In: The economic uncertainties in a child’s first year of life, allowing candidates to spend campaign funds on child care, and a milestone for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio. Read More
During the February Crane Research Forum Dr. Becky Huang discussed language development from kindergarten to eighth grade in students who grow up speaking more than one language. Read More
