This week in Tuned In: Why early childhood education is not “day care,” new federal program to help families with summertime grocery spending, and offsetting the costs of child care for child care workers. Read More

This week in Tuned In: Home visiting programs for “FFN” (friends, family, neighbors) care givers, measuring how government assistance alleviates child poverty, and nominations open for 2024 Crane Excellence in Early Childhood Awards. Read More

We will honor three experts working in Ohio in early childhood at this year’s Symposium on Children on October 3 in Columbus. Awardees will be individuals who have consistently demonstrated leadership, innovation, commitment to equity, the ability to achieve meaningful results, or impacts for Ohio children. One award each will be given to an educator or practitioner, a researcher, and a policy leader. Nominations are due July 17. Read More

This week in Tuned In: How kindergarten readiness skills relate to skills needed later in life, bills in Congress on tax relief to help families pay for child care, and a summer reading list of books for young children. Read More

This week in Tuned In: U.S. families feeling less financially secure, more federal dollars for home visiting programs, and helping both older and younger preschoolers make vocabulary gains. Read More

This Week in Tuned In: The child care crisis’s $122 billion economic toll, pandemic-related family stress and children’s mental health, and few early learning teachers say they feel “very prepared” to teach literacy. Read More

Crane faculty associate Dr. Shayne Piasta appeared on the “Inspire” podcast from Ohio State’s College of Education and Human Ecology — as well as in a related story in the college’s alumni magazine — to correct common misunderstandings about the “science of reading.” Read More

This week in Tuned In: New hearing on Ohio bill to improve maternal and infant health, first-time fathers’ shrinking grey matter, and how Illinois might follow Ohio’s lead. Read More

At the Crane Center, we recognize the important contributions to early childhood education — in research, practice, and policy — made by Asian and Pacific Americans, and we are proud to celebrate their history, both past and present, during Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Read More

This week in Tuned In: National Day Without Child Care, challenges faced by “mom” legislators, and high-quality math curriculum for kindergartners. Read More