At the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago, we use science to drive innovation and fuel social change to help parents and caregivers improve child outcomes.
Learn moreWe develop cutting-edge interventions, tools, and technology that help optimize foundational brain development, and can be used by individuals and scaled across the country.
Learn moreOur approach to preventing early cognitive disparities relies on collaboration. We are committed to building coalitions, sharing knowledge, and achieving victories across systems and communities.
Learn moreWe produce research, publications, and events that generate support for a public health approach to empowering parents and promoting children’s foundational brain development.
Learn moreWe share interventions and campaigns designed to help parents, caregivers, and communities promote children’s healthy development, putting resources directly in the hands of those who can use them.
Learn moreFeatured News
In a Wall Street Journal Saturday Essay, Dana Suskind examines the potential impacts of artificial superintelligence on children’s developing brains.
Learn moreDana Suskind is quoted in this USA Today article examining the challenges facing kids born in the COVID-19 era. Suskind argues their parents need more support.
Learn moreWriting for CNBC, Dana Suskind outlines the power of nurturing talk and interaction for building young brains.
Learn moreFeatured Initiative
Computer Adaptive SPEAKThe next iteration of the Survey of Parent/Provider Expectations And Knowledge (SPEAK®) utilizes computer-adaptive testing to provide more precise results.
Learn moreFeatured Event
Empowering Parents to Support Their Children’s Development: A Conversation about Building a “Parent Nation”On May 3, the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings hosted an event with Dana Suskind that delved into how parents can support their children and how policymakers can support parents.
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We believe parents and caregivers are an untapped resource with the incentive and capacity to make a difference in their children’s early brain development.
We believe in harnessing the power of communities, educators, and healthcare workers to support families with young children.