Crane Center For Early Childhood Research and Policy
The Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy is a multidisciplinary research center conducting research related to children’s learning and well-being, and seeking to impact early childhood policy and practice.
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: Proposals to expand the federal Child Tax Credit, tablet computers and preschoolers’ anger outbursts, and Ohio kindergartners’ falling vaccination rates. Read More
The PLUM project is currently enrolling 3-year-olds in a study that will examine their media use and language skills. Families participating in the study will receive up to $80 in Tango gift cards. Read More
This week in Tuned In: Child care policies and the U.S. presidential election, the state of free school lunch access in Ohio, and a new Crane research brief on racial disparities related to school suspensions of Black boys. Read More
This week in Tuned In: Policy choices by Ohio as the state faces new rules on federally funded child care, turning down a job offer due to child care struggles, and figuring out why so few babies are enrolled in Early Intervention programs. Read More
This week in Tuned In: Climate change and children’s health, public comments sought on rules related to Ohio school child programs, and will Kamala Harris campaign on fixing the child care crisis? Read More
This week in Tuned In: Cleveland-area expansion of preschool tuition assistance, analyzing how much the average family was helped by the temporarily expanded federal child tax credit, and how audiobooks can improve young children’s language skills. Read More
Ohio State President Walter “Ted” Carter met with leaders at the Schoenbaum and Crane centers to hear about the important work we do to improve educational opportunities for young children. Read More
This week in Tuned In: What Ohio can learn from Michigan’s “tri-share” child care funding model, the average cost of child care in Ohio, and the long-term health consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences. Read More
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
