synopsis: British group Busy Bees Holdings Limited, purchased Early Years Childcare Limited, the child care group with nine locations and over 685 places. This acquisition increases Busy Bees’ position in the market as the largest UK Child care group.

synopsis: G8 Education Limited announced a proposal to acquire 30 childcare centres in New South Wales and Queensland.

synopsis: Audax has completed its 14th add-on acquisition for Phoenix Children's Academy (PCA) with the purchase of Little Scholars Childcare and Preschool, a provider of educational-based child-care and preschool services for children aged six weeks through six years. The acquisition further expands the footprint of PCA into the Kentucky market.

synopsis: Nobel Learning Communities, Inc., a leading operator of private preschools, elementary and middle schools and K-12 online distance learning, has announced it has acquired five preschools located in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. from Children's Center preschools.

synopsis: Roark Capital Group, an Atlanta-based private equity firm, announced that its affiliate has acquired Primrose Schools. Headquartered in Acworth, Georgia, Primrose Schools is a leading provider of education-based early-child-care services.

synopsis: ISIS Equity Partners has sold portfolio company, kidsunlimited, to Lloyds TSB Development Capital in a deal worth £45m. kidsunlimited is based near Wilmslow, Cheshire and is the UK's fifth largest operator of children's nurseries. The business was founded by Stewart and Jean Pickering in 1983 and currently offers 4,577 places across 50 locations.

synopsis: Early Learning Services Limited acquired Riverina Child, Stepping Stones and Lavendar Lane Child Care Centre on March 17, 2008, for AUD 6.2 million.

synopsis: Audax, together with Mini-Skool, acquired Crayon Campus from private owners. The acquisition of Crayon Campus further expands the Mini-Skool Early Learning Centers, Inc. presence in the greater Dallas area.

synopsis: Nobel Learning Communities, Inc., a leading operator of private preschools, elementary schools and middle schools, announced it has acquired all business and operating assets of the Ivy Kids Early Learning Center's Missouri City, Texas school.

synopsis: Knowledge Learning Corporation, a leading national provider of early childhood education and care, announced its acquisition of the assets of Cambridge Education, Inc. and its schools. The acquisition will include a total of four Florida-based Cambridge Schools in Wellington, Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs and Weston.

synopsis: Audax, together with Mini-Skool, acquired Sandcastle from private owners. Sandcastle Private School, based in Frisco, Texas, provides child care and day care services with a Montessori curriculum. The acquisition further expands the footprint of Mini-Skool Early Learning Centers, Inc. in the Dallas area.

synopsis: Morgan Stanley Private Equity has completed its previously signed agreement to acquire a 60 percent stake in Learning Care Group, the U.S. subsidiary of A.B.C. Learning Centres Limited. The transaction, announced on April 22, values 100 percent of Learning Care Group at $700 million.

synopsis: Shtech Co. Ltd.agreed to acquire a 58.46% stake in Kinderschule Co., Ltd. for KRW 25.33 billion on February 4, 2008.

synopsis: CapMan Oyj entered into an agreement to acquire 70% stake in Barnebygg AS.

synopsis: Busy Bees, the UK’s largest nursery group, has been sold to Singapore-based Knowledge Universe Education for an undisclosed sum after its Australian parent-company, ABC Learning Centres Ltd went into receivership.

synopsis: Career Education Corporation has sold Istituto Marangoni to an investor group led by affiliates of Providence Equity Partners. Istituto Marangoni is headquartered in Milan, Italy with additional locations in Paris, France, and London, England, providing education to students primarily in the areas of fashion and design.

synopsis: Career Education Corporation has acquired Istituto Marangoni, a world-renowned post-secondary fashion and design school with locations in three prominent international fashion capitals: Milan, London, and Paris. The acquisition expands CEC’s European operations and marks its entry into the Italian market.

synopsis: APOGEE Life Style, LLC, owners of APOGEE Pilates & Wellness Centers, announced the acquisition of Power Pilates, a leading worldwide classical Pilates teacher training and certification company with over 100 affiliated studios around the globe.

synopsis: Liberty acquired privately-held Shelton Ogle Enterprises in October 2006.

synopsis: Lincoln Educational Services Corporation announced that it has completed the acquisition of Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts and Sciences for approximately $10 million in cash. The acquisition provides the company with entry into the fast-growing high-end salon and spa services education segment.

synopsis: British group Busy Bees Holdings Limited, purchased Early Years Childcare Limited, the child care group with nine locations and over 685 places. This acquisition increases Busy Bees’ position in the market as the largest UK Child care group.

synopsis: British group Busy Bees Holdings Limited, purchased Early Years Childcare Limited, the child care group with nine locations and over 685 places. This acquisition increases Busy Bees’ position in the market as the largest UK Child care group.

synopsis: Busy Bees, the UK’s largest nursery group, has been sold to Singapore-based Knowledge Universe Education for an undisclosed sum after its Australian parent-company, ABC Learning Centres Ltd went into receivership.

synopsis: Busy Bees Childcare Ltd. completed the acquisition of TLC Nursery Group from Aberdeen Asset Managers Private Equity Ltd. on January 16, 2008.

synopsis: British group Busy Bees Holdings Limited, purchased Early Years Childcare Limited, the child care group with nine locations and over 685 places. This acquisition increases Busy Bees’ position in the market as the largest UK Child care group.

synopsis: Busy Bees, the UK’s largest nursery group, has been sold to Singapore-based Knowledge Universe Education for an undisclosed sum after its Australian parent-company, ABC Learning Centres Ltd went into receivership.

synopsis: Audax has completed its 14th add-on acquisition for Phoenix Children's Academy (PCA) with the purchase of Little Scholars Childcare and Preschool, a provider of educational-based child-care and preschool services for children aged six weeks through six years. The acquisition further expands the footprint of PCA into the Kentucky market.

synopsis: Nobel Learning Communities, Inc., a leading operator of private preschools, elementary and middle schools and K-12 online distance learning, has announced it has acquired five preschools located in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. from Children's Center preschools.

synopsis: G8 Education Limited announced a proposal to acquire 30 childcare centres in New South Wales and Queensland.

synopsis: Nobel Learning Communities, Inc., a leading operator of private preschools, elementary schools and middle schools, announced it has acquired all business and operating assets of the Ivy Kids Early Learning Center's Missouri City, Texas school.

synopsis: Knowledge Learning Corporation, a leading national provider of early childhood education and care, announced its acquisition of the assets of Cambridge Education, Inc. and its schools. The acquisition will include a total of four Florida-based Cambridge Schools in Wellington, Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs and Weston.

synopsis: Audax, together with Mini-Skool, acquired Sandcastle from private owners. Sandcastle Private School, based in Frisco, Texas, provides child care and day care services with a Montessori curriculum. The acquisition further expands the footprint of Mini-Skool Early Learning Centers, Inc. in the Dallas area.

synopsis: Roark Capital Group, an Atlanta-based private equity firm, announced that its affiliate has acquired Primrose Schools. Headquartered in Acworth, Georgia, Primrose Schools is a leading provider of education-based early-child-care services.

synopsis: ISIS Equity Partners has sold portfolio company, kidsunlimited, to Lloyds TSB Development Capital in a deal worth £45m. kidsunlimited is based near Wilmslow, Cheshire and is the UK's fifth largest operator of children's nurseries. The business was founded by Stewart and Jean Pickering in 1983 and currently offers 4,577 places across 50 locations.

synopsis: Early Learning Services Limited acquired Riverina Child, Stepping Stones and Lavendar Lane Child Care Centre on March 17, 2008, for AUD 6.2 million.

synopsis: Morgan Stanley Private Equity has completed its previously signed agreement to acquire a 60 percent stake in Learning Care Group, the U.S. subsidiary of A.B.C. Learning Centres Limited. The transaction, announced on April 22, values 100 percent of Learning Care Group at $700 million.

synopsis: Shtech Co. Ltd.agreed to acquire a 58.46% stake in Kinderschule Co., Ltd. for KRW 25.33 billion on February 4, 2008.

synopsis: CapMan Oyj entered into an agreement to acquire 70% stake in Barnebygg AS.

synopsis: Teaching Strategies has acquired the Parenting Counts product line, developed by the Talaris Institute, a non-profit organization founded by Bruce and Jolene McCaw. Parenting Counts is a research-based family of products designed to support parents and caregivers in raising socially and emotionally healthy children.

synopsis: Career Education Corporation has acquired Istituto Marangoni, a world-renowned post-secondary fashion and design school with locations in three prominent international fashion capitals: Milan, London, and Paris. The acquisition expands CEC’s European operations and marks its entry into the Italian market.

synopsis: Career Education Corporation has sold Istituto Marangoni to an investor group led by affiliates of Providence Equity Partners. Istituto Marangoni is headquartered in Milan, Italy with additional locations in Paris, France, and London, England, providing education to students primarily in the areas of fashion and design.

synopsis: EverFi, Inc., the leading education technology platform addressing growing state mandates in new subject areas, has announced the acquisition of Boston-based Outside The Classroom, Inc., the provider of the largest online alcohol prevention course AlcoholEdu®.

synopsis: Empire Beauty Schools has completed the merger of its accredited cosmetology schools with the accredited cosmetology schools of Regis Corporation, the global leader in the $150 billion hair care industry, to form Empire Education Group. The new company is the largest beauty school operator in North America.

synopsis: Artist and Entertainment Group Limited completed the acquisition of Australian College of Entertainment on January 21, 2008.