Crane faculty associate Dr. Tzu-Jung Lin, a professor in the Department of Educational Studies, is one of five Ohio State faculty members to receive a Batelle Engineering, Technology and Human Affairs (BETHA) Endowment grant for 2025. Read More

This week in Tuned In: The child-related proposals that hang in the balance as lawmakers finalize Ohio’s biennial budget, how Ohio compares to other states in children’s economic well-being, and calls to remove the remaining lead water pipes in the Buckeye State. Read More

The Learning Interactions Made for Everyone (LIME) project is recruiting preschool-aged children and their caregivers to participate in a research study. Read More

This week in Tuned In: Wright-Patt’s $38 million investment in child care for military families, nominations open for Crane’s 2025 Excellence in Early Childhood Awards, and fostering children’s STEM skills over summer break. Read More

Two Crane researchers were recently awarded grants from Ohio State’s Office of Outreach and Engagement. Read More

This week in Tuned In: Homelessness affects over 10,000 babies and toddlers in Ohio, ideas to sustain the benefits of pre-K attendance in kindergarten, and single mothers work together to design their own co-op housing community. Read More

We will honor three experts working in Ohio in early childhood at this year’s Symposium on Children on October 16 in Columbus. Awardees will be individuals who have consistently demonstrated leadership, innovation, and 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 18. Read More

This week in Tuned In: Child care costs have far outpaced rising inflation, reviewing stimulus-funded programs to bolster child care in Cleveland, and attending pre-K may lead to fewer absences in kindergarten and first grade. Read More

This week in Tuned In: Additional money for free- and reduced-price school meals in Ohio, how pre-K teachers’ job views compare to those of their K-12 peers, and Head Start’s Ohio impact. Read More

This week in Tuned In: Ohio House committee passes child care cost-sharing bill, the relationship between school belonging and absenteeism, and a call to preserve Ohio’s Kindergarten Readiness Assessment. Read More