College of Education and Human Ecology
Join us for our first Crane Policy Chat, a one-hour conversation with an expert guest who will share insights, research, or expertise on relevant policy issues in early childhood. Our first policy chat will feature Dr. Shoshanah Inwood, associate professor of rural sociology at OSU, who will join us for a virtual conversation and Q&A […]
Friday, November 17, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Dr. Daniel Losen, National Center for Youth Law Title: School Punishment By the Numbers Please join Dr. Daniel Losen, Director of Education at the National Center for Youth Law, for a discussion of recent findings regarding school punishment. Please read the following Census report authored by Dr. Losen […]
The QualLab is excited to welcome Dr. Harper Keenan, inaugural Robert Quartermain Professor of Gender and Sexuality Research in Education at the University of British Columbia, for our first QualLab Lunch of 2024! Join us on Thursday, January 18, 2024, noon – 1 P.M, for Dr. Keenan’s lecture on “Unmanageable Subjects: Trans Childhoods and Civic Learning in the Elementary Classroom.” Registration is […]
Dr. Becky Huang, Crane faculty associate and professor of multilingual language education at The Ohio State University Due to globalization and immigration trends, the number of children growing up learning more than one language has been growing rapidly around the world. The increase in this population comes with the parallel need for fair […]
Dr. Elizabeth Hadley, associate professor of literacy studies at the University of South Florida Learning experiences in the early grades play a crucial role in preparing children to be strong readers, writers and thinkers across content areas. What happens when these early learning experiences are disrupted? In a longitudinal study, Dr. Elizabeth Hadley […]
Friday, March 29, 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Dr. Douglas Harris, Schlieder Foundation Chair in Public Education & Director, National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH), Tulane University Title: High School Graduation By the Numbers Please join Dr. Douglas Harris, Schlieder Foundation Chair in Public Education, Director of the National Center for Research on Education Access […]
Dr. Joyce Lee, assistant professor of social work at The Ohio State University and director of the Child and Family Wellbeing Laboratory Responsive relationships are important in young children’s early development, but the ways in which fathers and mothers work together as a system — as well as the role of shared parental […]
Join the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs for a special, in-person only, policy chat featuring Dr. Lauren Jones. Dr. Lauren Jones will discuss important federal and state policy tools aimed at improving the well-being of children and their caregivers, including the Child Tax Credit […]
On Tuesday, April 20, at 10:00AM we will provide an overview of the mission of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, their priority to improve access to high quality, early childhood education, and how to submit a Letter of Intent. The Kellogg Foundation's goal is lasting, transformational change for children. Their three areas of focused work are […]
Join us virtually for the September Crane Research Forum as Dr. Lora Cohen-Vogel, Dr. Michael Gottfried, and Dr. Michael Little discuss the role of school-based pre-kindergarten in the future of early childhood education in the U.S. Dr. Lora Cohen-Vogel holds multiple appointments at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including the Frank A. Daniels, […]
Join us virtually for the October Crane Research Forum as Dr. Jennifer Chen discusses the positive and negative aspects of utilizing artificial intelligence for early childhood education and children’s learning. Dr. Jennifer Chen, professor and chair of the Department of Early Childhood Education at Kean University With the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) use, it is […]
Join the Crane Center for a very special research forum in partnership with Ohio State’s Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity during which Dr. Chrishana M. Lloyd will examine why the early care and education field is devalued and underfunded. Dr. Chrishana M. Lloyd, research scholar at Child Trends Research consistently notes the value […]
