Claire Dunham, senior vice president of programs and training and Karen Berman, Illinois policy director at Start Early (formerly the Ounce) share their thoughts with Chalkbeat Chicago. Read the story here.

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Start Early weighs in with thoughts on rollout of Universal Pre-K.

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