Scientific American - USA (2022-06)

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Brain science

provides a clear

road map for

policies that give

children more

learning abilities and

brighter futures—

yet the U.S. continues

to wander off course

By Dana Suskind and

Lydia Denworth

Illustration by Islenia Milien

THE PATH

TO BETTER

C HILDHOODS

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