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Teacher Lisa Matthews feeds Akyra while Emmanuel waits his turn at the Carole Robertson Center, 3701 W. Ogden, one of Chicago's best child care centers. (Jean Lachat/Sun-Times)
Day care isn't child's play Watching Your Children Part II: One of Chicago's best child care centers stands between vacant lots and boarded-up buildings on a bleak stretch of Ogden Avenue in North Lawndale. The Carole Robertson Center for Learning, headquartered at 3701 W. Ogden, was singled out by the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services as an example of child care moving far beyond minimum licensing regulations. It offers low-income children some of the best programs the city has to offer.


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