K-12 and Private Equity: The Love Affair No One Expected

There is a little secret in the K-12 world. While very few large K-12 companies are publicly traded, one after another is now controlled by Private Equity firms. In fact, a few firms have built extraordinary collections of K-12 companies. What is attracting PE to K-12 and K-12 to PE, and what does this trend portend for the future of education technology?