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
Aspects of the Hispanic and Latine experience in the U.S. have informed Crane research on early childhood, on topics including dual language learners and kindergarten transition.
This week in Tuned In: How to choose a high-quality preschool program; family, friend and neighbor child care arrangements in immigrant communities; and federal funds to help Ohio research and reduce infant mortality.
Crane faculty associate Dr. Becky Huang has received a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad award from the U.S. Department of Education to lead a dozen pre-service or in-service educators to Taiwan next summer to teach English in K-12 schools and to learn about multilingual education through a comparative lens.
During the September Crane Research Forum Dr. Lora Cohen-Vogel and Dr. Michael Little discussed the role of school-based pre-kindergarten in the future of early childhood education in the United States.