Who Supplies What in the Education Industry?

Private-sector businesses make up more than $100 billion of America’s $750+ billion education industry, which includes higher education as well as K-12. A recent publication of the Education Industry Leadership Board identified the major suppliers in this $100 billion business, breaking them out into two larger sectors: education delivery providers, and providers of content, infrastructure, and service. A third breakout identified providers to the education industry itself.

The Education Industry Leadership Board was established in 1999 by the Education Industry Association. Its members include educational entrepreneurs, business executives, industry investors, and education policy experts representing the cutting-edge of the educational marketplace. Their aim is to bring the industry’s message--Service. Innovation. Results.--to the forefront of Congressional and public debate on education.

Further information on the Education Industry Leadership Board is available from the Education Industry Association, whose Web site is located at http://www.educationindustry.org. The Board’s introduction to the education industry, A Special Report, is also available there.

Education Delivery Providers

(% = Percent of 2001 Revenues of $102 billion)

Childcare (23%)

Bright Horizons http://www.brighthorizons.com

ChildrenFirst http://www.childrenfirst.com

KinderCare http://www.kindercare.com

Knowledge Learning Corporation http://www.klcorp.com

Professional Development (18%)

Canter & Associates http://www.canter.net

Classroom Connect http://www.classroomconnect.com

TeachStream http://www.teachstream.com

Schools (12%)

K-12 Schools

Chancellor Beacon http://www.chancellorbeacon.com

Edison Schools http://www.edisonschools.com

Mosaica Education http://www.mosaicaeducation.com

National Heritage Academies http://www.heritageacademies.com

Nobel Learning Communities http://www.nobellearning.com

SABIS http://www.sabis.com

Alternative Schools (Special Ed)

Aspen Education Group http://www.aspeneducation.com

Keystone Education and Youth Services http://www.keystoneyouth.com

Kids 1 http://www.kids1.com

Ombudsman Educational Services http://www.ombudsman.com

Options for Youth http://www.ofy.org

Richard Milburn High School http://www.rmhs.org

Total Education Solutions http://www.tesidea.com

Postsecondary Schools

Apollo http://www.apollogrp.edu

Corinthian Colleges http://www.cci.edu

DeVry http://www.devry.com

Strayer Education http://www.strayereducation.com

Content, Infrastructure, and Service Providers

(% = Percent of 2001 Revenues of $102 billion)

Publishing (16%)

Houghton Mifflin http://www.houghtonmifflin.com

McGraw-Hill Education http://www.mcgraw-hill.com

Pearson Education http://www.pearson.com

Reed Elsevier/Harcourt http://www.Elsevier.com

Technology (12%)

Blackboard http://www.blackboard.com

Chancery http://www.chancery.com

Plato http://www.plato.com

Texas Instruments http://www.education.ti.com

Procurement (10%)

J.L. Hammett http://www.hammett.com

School Specialty http://www.schoolspecialty.com

Testing and Tutoring (9%)

Inspirica http://www.inspirica.com

Kaplan http://www.kaptest.com

Kumon http://www.kumon.com

The Princeton Review http://www.princetonreview.com

Sylvan http://www.sylvan.net

Tutor.com http://www.tutor.com

Industry Service Providers

Boston Search Group http://www.bsgweb.com

Education Capital Markets http://www.educationcapital.com

Eduventures http://www.eduventures.com

Heidrick & Struggles International http://www.heidrick.com

KnowledgeQuest Education Group http://www.kqeducationgroup.com

Korn/Ferry http://www.kornferry.com

Parchman Vaughan http://www.parchmanvaughan.com

The Parthenon Group http://www.parthenon.com