Part of Ohio State’s College of Education & Human Ecology, we bridge early childhood research, practice & policy, in partnership with Schoenbaum Family Center.

Columbus, OH
Joined December 2015
Ohio will allocate $30.2 million in new federal rural healthcare funds to maternal care. The money is part of $92 million in new grants recently announced from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program. @OHdeptofhealth governor.ohio.gov/media/news…
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A revised version of Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee Guidance Manual is now available on the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce website, including an important update concerning the reading diagnostic assessment for kindergarten. education.ohio.gov/Media/Ed-…
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TOMORROW (Tues., Oct. 20) at 1 p.m. ET marks the return of Our Making Every Moment Count webinar series, developed in partnership with @OhioDCY, with a module exploring the “Banking Time” relationship-building practice. Visit go.osu.edu/MEMC to learn more and register.
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TOMORROW (Fri., Oct. 16) is our annual Symposium on Children, and while registration has closed, you can watch the livestream of the keynote address by Crane Center Executive Director Dr. Laura Justice, “How and Why to Read Books With Young Children,” at go.osu.edu/soc26ls
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A series of policy data snapshots from the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) and Home Grown explore the role of family childcare programs and how to better incorporate them into publicly funded early learning systems. @PreschoolToday nieer.org/research-library/f…
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Our Making Every Moment Count webinar series, in partnership with @OhioDCY, returns a week from today (Oct. 20) at 1 p.m. ET with the first of three new modules designed for the needs of family childcare providers. Visit go.osu.edu/MEMC for more info and to register.
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In an early-stage efficacy study, Crane researchers found that increases in responsive talk between speech-language pathologists and children can be effected through brief clinician education, as well as through tablet-based, real-time feedback. @ASHAWeb pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/20…
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Students from families in a parenting program in the early 2010s saw smaller declines in test scores amid the COVID-19 disruptions than did other students, suggesting such programs can provide long-term support for children’s education. @nberpubs nber.org/papers/w35851
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Columbus Early Learning Centers recently received the 2026 Columbus Foundation Award, which highlights organizations that improve the quality of life in central Ohio. The award includes a $100,000 unrestricted grant. @colsfoundation dispatch.com/story/lifestyle…
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We’re two weeks away from our 13th annual Symposium on Children. There’s a waitlist to attend in person, but you can still register to watch online the plenary talk and the Crane Excellence in Early Childhood Awards. Full schedule and registration link: crane.osu.edu/event/2026-sym…
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The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center released its 2026 Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap, outlining policy goals related to young children birth-to-age 3, and progress toward achieving those goals in individual states. @pn3policy pn3policy.org/pn-3-state-pol…
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Ohio is one of 17 states whose early intervention (EI) policies were part of a landscape analysis conducted by @StartEarlyorg to help understand the predominant issues facing EI systems. A link to the full report is available on the Start Early website. startearly.org/resource/chal…
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Our Making Every Moment Count early educator professional development program, developed in partnership with @OhioDCY, was recently highlighted in a story by Cleveland.com reporter @laurahancock about Ohio’s rising kindergarten readiness scores. cleveland.com/open/2026/09/d…
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