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Incorporated, Private
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Where Lifetime Learning Begins
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in 1969
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Portland, Oregon , USA
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Dr Elanna Yalow, PhD, President & COO
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$155 Billion USD
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41,000 ( 2006 )
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Childhood Care and Education
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was founded in
1969 and takes pride in helping kids prepare today for the world of tomorrow. One of the world's largest for-profit operators of
Child Care facilities, '''KinderCare''' provides educational programs for kids 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.
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was acquired in 2005 by child care provider '''Knowledge Learning Corporation''' (KLC). The merger made '''KLC''' the nation’s largest private
Child Care and education provider.
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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 .
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and other prestigious associations have accredited over 830 KLC centers. That figure—representing over 40 percent of our centers—compares to an industry average of 10 percent.
