KinderCare Learning Centers

Infobox_Company
company_name = KinderCare Learning Centers
company_
company_type = Incorporated, Private
company_slogan = Where Lifetime Learning Begins.
foundation = in 1969
location = Portland, Oregon, USA
key_people = Dr. Elanna Yalow, Ph.D., President & COO
revenue = $1.55 Billion USD
num_employees = 41,000 (2006)
industry = Childhood Care and Education
homepage = [http://www.kindercare.com/ www.KinderCare.com]

KinderCare Learning Centers is an American operator of for-profit child care facilities founded in 1969. The company provides educational programs for children from six weeks to 12 years old. Some 200,000 children are enrolled in more than 1,900 early childhood education community centers, 656 before-and-after school programs, and 123 employer-sponsored centers in 39 states and the District of Columbia. [cite news | title=KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc. Company Profile | publisher=Yahoo Finance | url=http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/13/13906.html]

KinderCare was acquired in 2005 by child care provider Knowledge Learning Corporation (KLC). The KinderCare merger made KLC the nation’s largest private child care and education provider. [cite news | title=Knowledge Learning to buy KinderCare in $1B-plus deal | publisher=San Francisco Business Times | url= http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2004/11/08/daily7.html ]

Knowledge Learning Corporation Timeline

1983–Opened Children's Discovery Centers (CDC) [cite news | title=Knowledge Learning Corporation Timeline | publisher=KLC | url= http://www.knowledgelearning.com/story/ ]
1991–Acquired Magic Years
1995–Acquired Prodigy Child Development Centers
1998–CDC acquired by Knowledge Universe Learning Group
1999–Knowledge Universe Learning Group initiated Knowledge Beginnings
2003–Renamed Knowledge Learning Corporation, KLC acquired ARAMARK Educational Resources, adding more than 700 Children's World Learning Centers, as well as the Medallion onsite and before- and after-school programs for elementary school students
2004–KLC purchased EdSolutions, a leading provider of Supplemental Educational Services (SES) before- and after-school programs for 2,300 children in four states, which then merged with Medallion to form the KLC School Partnerships division
2005–KLC joined forces with KinderCare in January 2005

Operations include Knowledge Beginnings, Children’s Creative Learning Centers, and Champions. KLC also runs high school distance learning programs KCDL, Keystone High School, Aventa Learning, and IQ Academies.

Accreditation

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and other associations have accredited over 800 KLC centers. [cite news | title=KinderCare Learning Centers Accreditation | publisher=KLC | url= http://www.kindercare.com/our-promise/accreditation/ ]

References

External links

* [http://www.kindercare.com KinderCare Learning Centers – Official Site]
* [http://www.knowledgelearning.com Knowledge Learning Corporation – Official Site]