When Private Equity Comes for a Public Good

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In some states, public funds are being poured into the child-care industry—and private-equity groups are seeing an attractive target for investment. My colleague Adam Harris today about how private investors are circling child-care centers, potentially to the detriment of care providers and families. I called Adam to talk about what makes the world of early childhood education appealing to financiers, and what steps the government may take