KinderCare Learning Centers 2563851 221319194 2008-06-24T00:26:30Z Cydebot 1215485 Robot - Removing category Companies with current or prior private equity ownership per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 June 10]]. {{Infobox_Company | company_name = KinderCare Learning Centers| company_logo = <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:Kindercare_logo.gif|Kindercare_logo.gif]] -->| company_type = Incorporated, Private | company_slogan = Where Lifetime Learning Begins. | foundation = in [[1969]]| location = [[Portland, Oregon]], [[United States|USA]]| key_people = Dr. Elanna Yalow, Ph.D., President & COO | revenue = $1.55 Billion [[United States dollar|USD]] | num_employees = 41,000 ([[as of 2006|2006]])| industry = Childhood Care and Education| homepage = [http://www.kindercare.com/ www.KinderCare.com] }} '''KinderCare Learning Centers''' is an [[United States|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. <ref>{{cite news | title=KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc. Company Profile | publisher=Yahoo Finance | url=http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/13/13906.html}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> == Knowledge Learning Corporation Timeline == 1983–Opened Children's Discovery Centers (CDC)<ref>{{cite news | title=Knowledge Learning Corporation Timeline | publisher=KLC | url= http://www.knowledgelearning.com/story/ }}</ref><br /> 1991–Acquired Magic Years<br /> 1995–Acquired Prodigy Child Development Centers<br /> 1998–CDC acquired by Knowledge Universe Learning Group<br /> 1999–Knowledge Universe Learning Group initiated Knowledge Beginnings<br /> 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<br /> 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<br /> 2005–KLC joined forces with KinderCare in January 2005<br /> 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.<ref>{{cite news | title=KinderCare Learning Centers Accreditation | publisher=KLC | url= http://www.kindercare.com/our-promise/accreditation/ }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}} == External links == * [http://www.kindercare.com KinderCare Learning Centers – Official Site] * [http://www.knowledgelearning.com Knowledge Learning Corporation – Official Site] [[Category:Child care]] [[Category:Companies established in 1969]] [[Category:Companies based in Portland, Oregon]]