ABOUT
Educare History
Educare grew from one school in Chicago to a powerful network serving thousands of children in schools across the country.
In 2000, Start Early (formerly known as the Ounce) and the Irving Harris Foundation worked together to create Educare Chicago, an early childhood school serving around 150 children.
Three years later, the Buffett Early Childhood Fund and Start Early joined forces to expand Educare and help narrow the opportunity gap for more children living in poverty by building more schools and creating a network of early learning champions around the country.
Today, 25 Educare schools provide early learning and care to more than 4,000 infants and toddlers. Each Educare Center school partners with teachers, families and communities to set kids up for success and elevate the quality of early childhood education in America.
2000–2005
2000
Start Early (formerly known as the Ounce) and the Irving Harris Foundation partner to open Educare Chicago, the first Educare school
2000
2001
2001
The Educare icon is created 
2003
Educare Omaha at Kellom opens
2003
Start Early and the Buffet Early Childhood Fund partner to form the Educare Learning Network
2005
2006–2010
2006
2007
2008
Five schools show promising results in their first year of data
2008
2009
Second year of Educare data from six schools confirms dramatic first‑year findings
2009
Educare Oklahoma City and Educare Omaha at Indian Hill open, making Oklahoma the first state and Omaha the first city with more than one Educare school
2010
Educare Atlanta, Educare Central Maine (the first school in a rural community), Educare Kansas City, Educare Seattle and Educare Tulsa at Hawthorne open. Educare also plans for its Randomized Control Study
2010
2011–2015
2011
2012
Educare Tulsa at MacArthur, Educare Washington, DC, and Educare West DuPage (the first school in a suburban community) open
