Learning Care Group is an American

child care Child care, also known as day care, is the care and supervision of one or more children, typically ranging from three months to 18 years old. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child(ren), childcare typica ...

and

early childhood education Early childhood education (ECE), also known as nursery education, is a branch of Education sciences, education theory that relates to the teaching of children (formally and informally) from birth up to the age of eight. Traditionally, this is ...

company based in

Novi, Michigan Novi ( ) is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northwestern Metro Detroit, suburb of Detroit, Novi is located roughly northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census ...

, United States. The company was founded in the 1960s, and was the second-largest for-profit child care provider in North America, operating over 1,070+ schools. The company operates under a variety of brand names including the La Petite Academy, Childtime, Tutor Time, The Children's Courtyard, Montessori Unlimited, Everbrook Academy, AppleTree & Gilden Woods, Creative Kids Learning Center, U-GRO, Young School, and Pathways Learning Academy brands. Learning Care Group is owned by

American Securities American Securities LLC is an American private equity firm based in New York with an office in Shanghai that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenues generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or $50 mill ...

History

Learning Care Group was founded in the 1960s. In 2005, it was purchased by Australia-based

ABC Learning ABC Learning was an Australian company that was once the world's largest provider of early childhood education services. It was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange with its market capitalisation reaching A$2.5 billion in March 2006. Th ...

. By the time it was acquired by

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in 42 countries and more than 80,000 employees, the firm's clients in ...

in March 2008, it operated 800 schools under five brands. In 2014, it was acquired by private equity firm

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External links

* {{Official website, https://www.learningcaregroup.com/ Companies based in Oakland County, Michigan Child care companies Companies established in the 1960s