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.
During the April Crane Research Forum, Dr. Joyce Lee discussed how preschoolers’ behavior and receptive language development are affected by shared parental responsiveness in low-income households. Read More
This week in Tuned In: Roundup on Ohio governor’s State of the State speech, Black Maternal Health Week, and “Read Together, Grow Together” tips for reading with a child. Read More
This Week in Tuned In: States that have avoided the child care cliff, access to affordable housing in Columbus, and anticipating Gov. DeWine’s State of the State address. Read More
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
