C2 Educational Center

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C2 Educational Centers, Inc. began in 1997 in a Harvard University dormitory room in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States as a home-based tutoring service. C2 was founded by a Harvard graduate, David J. Kim. After establishing its first physical center in Maryland in 2000, the company quickly expanded across the East coast, now boasting 100 locations in eleven states across the country.

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[edit] Locations

[edit] United States

[edit] History

For almost ten years, C2 Education has been helping students across the country raise their GPA and master the SAT through individualized instruction.

C2’s highly researched learning system is the first to fully assesses a both a student’s academic needs and his or her relative mastery of study skills. With this information, C2’s instructors are able to tailor a different curriculum to each individual student’s needs. In this way, each and every student is guaranteed to experience results.

In early 2006 C2 relocated its corporate headquarters to Johns Creek, Georgia. Georgia high school students’ SAT scores showed a marked increase, raising the state’s nationwide standing from 48th to 45th.

"Our goal is to break the top thirty within the next three years," said C2 president David Kim.

[edit] Community

C2’s mission is to "Improve Education Everywhere," and its staff believes that this goal can only be achieved by working side-by-side with area schools.

In addition to test preparation, subject tutoring, and study skills instruction, C2 engages in educational partnerships with local schools, which include SAT workshops, diagnostic testing for assessment, and financial contributions to school programs.

Recently, C2 held its first Georgia SAT presentation at Chattahoochee High School. The event was an unqualified success, with hundreds of students attending and reporting significant success due to C2’s SAT instruction and strategies. C2 has since been contracted to host such events at numerous schools statewide.

In Washington D.C., C2 has partnered with the Latin American Youth Organization to offer a ten-week SAT preparation course this spring to underprivileged children.

C2 is also an approved No Child Left Behind provider.

[edit] Recognition

  • In 2006 the Maryland State Senate recognized C2 as an Approved Supplemental Educational Services Provider, noting a local center’s success at meeting the educational needs of the community and supporting a program to provide financial support to needy families for the purpose of supplementing their children’s education.
  • In January 2007, C2 was named among the group of finalists for the Verizon Forbes Enterprise Awards. The Forbes honor is presented annually in recognition of outstanding professional achievement in customer service, employee relations, marketing, community service, and new product offerings. C2 was the only educational services provider to be named a finalist.
  • In March 2007, C2 was named a winner for the Pinnacle Small Business Awards. The Pinnacle Awards are presented annually by the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce in recognition for a local business' entrepreneurship, community involvement, and success within Gwinnett County, Georgia.
  • In 2006, C2 students saw an average increase of 350 points on the SAT.
  • C2 stands alone in the supplemental educational industry in its ability to claim that every single one of its students has improved his or her test scores. In fact, C2 offers a results-based guarantee of success to each of its students.

[edit] External links

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