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Hello,

My name is Kristin Kelly, Senior Director of Communications for KinderCare Education. We rebranded our company at the beginning of the year (formerly Knowledge Universe). Thank you Wikipedia for moving that page over to our new name!

To reflect the new name, can you please consider the following changes:

Under this section: KinderCare Learning Centers (first/top section)

Please change: KinderCare Learning Centers is an American operator of for-profit child care and early childhood education [4] facilities founded in 1969 and currently owned by Knowledge Universe

To read: ... "currently owned by KinderCare Education" (source: http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2016/01/why-the-1-5knowledge-universe-is-changing-its-name.html and http://www.kindercare.com/about-us/connect-with-us/press-releases/knowledge-universe-education-llc-to-change-name-to-kindercare-education)

Also please change: Knowledge Universe employs approximately 30,000 people in the United States and the parent company is based in Singapore. Knowledge Universe also offers many other facilities internationally.[6] Please change to read: KinderCare Education currently employs 32,000 people in the United States; its headquarters are in Portland, Oregon. Delete last sentence (the international piece belongs to our former owners, Knowledge Universe).

Under this section: Knowledge Universe

Please change:

Knowledge Universe is one of Oregon's largest privately held companies and a large employer in the Portland metro area. Executive leadership is based out of the Portland National Support Center for Knowledge Universe.[13] In 2012, company revenues were about $1.45 billion, down from approximately $1.6 billion in 2010.[14]

To: KinderCare Education is one of Oregon's largest privately held companies and a large employer in the Portland metro area. Executive leadership is based out of the Portland National Support Center for KinderCare Education.

Under this section: Knowledge Universe timeline

Please change: Knowledge Universe, KinderCare's parent company, operations include: Knowledge Beginnings, Children’s Creative Learning Centers (CCLC), and Champions.[17]

To: KinderCare Education, KinderCare Learning Center's parent company, operations include: Knowledge Beginnings, Children’s Creative Learning Centers (CCLC), and Champions.[17]

Under this section: Accreditation

Please change: The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and other associations have accredited over 700 KLC centers.[18]

To: The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and other associations have accredited more than 1,000 of our centers. Source: http://www.kindercare.com/blog/?s=accreditation

Under this section: References (links not noted are fine)

"Tom Wyatt Named New CEO of Knowledge Universe-US". KU. 20 January 2012. -- please delete -- link no longer works

"Our Executive Team". KU. -- please delete -- link no longer works

"15,000 BOOKS...TEN STATES...AND SEVEN COUNTRIES: KINDERCARE "READ.SHARE.GIVE" CAMPAIGN PROMOTES EARLY READING" (PDF). 22 September 2011. -- this link doesn't work

"KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc. Company Profile". Yahoo Finance. This link has expired

"Knowledge Learning Corporation Timeline". KLC. This link doesn't work

KinderCare Learning Centers". KU. Link no longer works

"KinderCare Learning Centers Accreditation". KLC. Link does not work

Under this section: External Links

Please change: Knowledge Learning Corporation – Redirects to Knowledge Universe Site

To: Knowledge Learning Corporation -- Redirects to KinderCare site (link to www.kindercare.com)

KinderCare Education (talk) 00:17, 21 January 2016 (UTC)