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Primrose Schools is a family of accredited, early childhood education providers headquartered in Acworth, Georgia. It has over 301 franchised schools in 23 states and provides education and care to over 60,000 children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Primrose Schools )〕 All Primrose schools are accredited through AdvancED, and the organization was the first preschool to receive AdvancED's Corporation Systems Accreditation under the new Early Learning Standards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=School Accreditations )〕 ==History== Primrose Schools was founded as Primrose Country Day School in 1982 in Marietta, Georgia by Paul and Marcy Erwin.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our History )〕 In 1988, Jo Kirchner, the company's current president and CEO, was hired as a consultant to help shift the then half-day preschool to a full-day model, as well as to assist in the launch of the Primrose franchising concept. The fourth Primrose school opened that year, and it was the first to be franchised.〔 Kirchner officially joined Primrose as its vice president in 1990 and continued to assist the Erwins in the rollout of the Primrose franchising concept in Georgia and the development of the corporation's school assessment model.〔 In 1996, Primrose became the first childcare and early childhood education company to receive accreditation from the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA), the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI), and the North Central Association Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI). The Erwins retired in 1999 and sold Primrose Schools to Greenwich, Connecticut-based Security Capital Corporation, after which Kirchner was named president and CEO of Primrose.〔〔 In 2001, Primrose launched its Balanced Learning curriculum, which used child development research to improve its existing proprietary curriculum.〔 American Capital Strategies acquired Primrose from Security Capital in 2006 for approximately $63 million.〔 Kirchner continued her role as president and CEO, and over the next two years, Primrose signed its 250th franchise agreement and expanded and improved its curriculum programs, particularly in the areas of language and technology.〔 Primrose's Education Advisory Board was established in 2008 and is made up of early childhood education and childhood development experts who assist in improving and enhancing Primrose's curriculum and methodologies.〔 Primrose continued to expand and innovate, doubling its system revenues from 2004 to 2009, and opening its first urban school in 2010.〔 The Primrose School of Education was also established in 2010 and provides professional support and educational resources for Primrose franchise owners and school leadership teams.〔 AdvancED selected Primrose to help develop and test its new Standards for Quality Early Learning Schools in 2012, and Primrose became the first to be awarded AdvancED's Corporation Systems Accreditation under the new standards.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Primrose Schools」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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