With sudden epidemic，frequent new education policies，and significant changes in the format of private education，2020 is such an extremely special year. Under this circumstances，the private education research in 2020 manifests two characteristics：One is that the carrier journals of the research results is as important as newspapers. The research results on common topics such as the positioning of private education，property rights，classified management，and transformation development are mostly published in journals，which reflects the continuity of research work. The research results of the new hot issues of the year such as the response to the epidemic and the new trend of educational informationization are mostly published in newspapers，which guides the practice of anti-epidemic education and the development of educational informationization in a flexible，timely and efficient manner. The other is that researchers lack the sensitivity to the relevant new policies，and the relevant research lags behind the development of private education format，which needs to be further explored in future research.