A Very Diverse Field

12/07/2010

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Warren Berger

At the recent NAEYC Conference in California, Exchange magazine and the Wilson Marketing Group gave a briefing on trends and demographics in the U.S. early childhood scene. One perspective shared by Mike Wilson, of the Wilson Marketing Group, was the great diversity that exists in the field. There is no dominant player or players; rather, the just over 90,000 licensed early childhood programs in the country serving children under six, fall into the following categories...

Independent centers
(both for profit and non profit) = 47%
Religious housed or affiliated centers = 26
Head start sites = 11
Chain centers = 7
Public school-operated preschools = 5
Employer-sponsored centers = 4

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Independent centers (both for profit and non profit)	= 47%
Religious housed or affiliated centers	= 26
Head start sites	= 11
Chain centers	= 7
Public school-operated preschools	= 5
Employer-sponsored centers	= 4