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Private special education-focused schools are being snapped up by private equity.
  • BI just published an investigation into special-education-focused schools owned by PE firms.
  • Cost-cutting to maximize profits has some saying that quality has suffered.
  • It's an important story you should read.

My colleague Meghan Morris just published an investigation into what happened to a chain of special-education-focused private schools when a private-equity firm took over.

As you might guess, it wasn't all good.

It's an important story because, unlike an investment in, say, a button factory or a call center, this company has a lot of power over some of our most vulnerable young people.