About The Children’s Learning Institute (CLI)

The Children’s Learning Institute (CLI) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is dedicated to advancing learning and health outcomes for all children through research-practice partnerships. CLI’s ongoing research efforts, development of new and innovative educational programs and initiatives, and clinical practices and programs continue to focus on the same reason for its founding decades ago: to apply cutting-edge research in child development and education to improve children's learning. As the Texas State Center for Early Childhood Development, CLI has developed and scaled multiple programs focused on school readiness and early childhood quality improvement through installation and expansion of evidence-based practices.