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Friday, December 23, 2011

Financial Times: New York probes Pearson Foundation


...The non-profit foundation is funded by Pearson, the parent company of both the Financial Times and Pearson Education, the largest company by revenues in the US educational publishing, testing and services industry. As a tax-exempt body the Pearson Foundation cannot for legal reasons engage in lobbying...
...The CCSSO defended the events that it organises, saying: “As state leaders advance aggressive reform efforts aimed at preparing every child for college and career, it is critical that they learn about what is working in countries that are successfully raising student performance.” 

Read article at this link:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8c741b4-2cc0-11e1-b485-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1hN7hiNkb

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