Money: The Education Business Isn't That Easy
It's easy to think that there's lots of money to be made from K12 education, given the size of the market and the theoretically easy pickings. But from the business side it's not quite so simple. Take a look at this chart (the red line are K12 education companies) and the accompanying report from Baird (PDF) and see for yourself. Or, just imagine for a minute what it would be