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The slides are now available to view online from Dr. Joyce Lee’s in-person Crane Research Forum this month on preschoolers’ developmental outcomes and shared parental responsiveness in low-income households.

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❓ Encourage your child to ask questions as you read. Also, tell them that it is OK if you do not know what a word means. “Let’s find out!” Be curious together!

Get more #ReadTogetherGrowTogether tips at go.osu.edu/RTGT OH Dept of Ed and Workforce

You still have time to register for tomorrow’s policy chat with Dr. Lauren Jones on “The Birth-to-Five Policy Landscape,” hosted by Jamie O'Leary and co-sponsored by the John Glenn College of Public Affairs.

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Crane faculty associate Dr. Matthew Brock’s recent book provides strategies to foster meaningful engagement in inclusive classrooms between students with disabilities and those without.

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Is early childhood education ready for AI? That’s the question The Hechinger Report’s Ariel Gilreath examined in a Q&A with Stanford Accelerator for Learning’s Isabelle Hau.

Click the image to read the Q&A. The Hechinger Report Ariel Gilreath Isabelle Hau

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Some details about Ohio in NIEER’s State of Preschool 2023 report released today: Total state spending rose as did enrollment, though spending per child enrolled, adjusted for inflation, declined. More information can be found in the full report.

Crane faculty associate Dr. Shayne Piasta recently spoke to the alumni magazine of Ohio State’s College of Education and Human Ecology and its Inspire podcast about myths surrounding the “science of reading.”

Click the link to read the article. Ohio State Education and Human Ecology

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Space is filling up for our in-person policy chat Tuesday in Page Hall with Dr. Lauren Jones on “The Birth-to-Five Policy Landscape,” co-sponsored by the John Glenn College of Public Affairs.

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Did you know that the Crane Center and its partner Schoenbaum Family Center were awarded more than $10 million in new research grants last year, on projects ranging from young children’s media use to literacy interventions?

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Our practitioner partner the A. Sophie Rogers School for Early Learning has internship opportunities available for Ohio State undergraduates for summer and autumn semesters.

Click on the link below to learn more. Buckeye Careers

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📖 Talk about pictures in the story you are reading and ask your child questions. Don’t be afraid to use “big” words.

Try this with books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library!

Get more #ReadTogetherGrowTogether tips at go.osu.edu/RTGT OH Dept of Ed and Workforce Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Ohio

Our policy chat with Dr. Lauren Jones on “The Birth-to-Five Policy Landscape” — co-sponsored by the John Glenn College of Public Affairs and hosted by Jamie O’Leary — is only 8 days away.

Click on the link below to register. John Glenn College Jamie O'Leary

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The office of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has released a list of the children’s initiatives that were announced in last week’s State of the State speech.

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This is the final day of NAEYC’s Week of the Young Child. Yesterday, our practitioner partner A. Sophie Rogers School held a Puppy Painting Party with therapy dogs from Buckeye Paws to mark Artsy Thursday. NAEYC #WOYC24

Congratulations to Jamie O’Leary, Crane’s associate director of policy and external affairs, on being one of the recipients of Ohio State’s 2024 Outreach and Engagement Awards.

Click on the link below to learn more about the award. Ohio State Outreach Ohio State Education and Human Ecology

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Investing in programs to support children was at the forefront of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s State of the State speech yesterday. The Columbus Dispatch’s Erin Glynn and Haley BeMiller offer an overview.

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A new study — whose lead author is Ohio State epidemiologist Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson — looks at the relationship between neighborhood eviction rates and Black pregnant women’s mental health.

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In a recent report, Start Early highlights several school districts as model examples in providing equitable and inclusive services for children with disabilities.

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will deliver his State of the State address today at noon, broadcast on OhioChannel.org. If you plan to watch, Groundwork Ohio has a BINGO card for early childhood advocates to follow along.

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