How many trips did our past superintendent [Jerry Weast] take that were paid for by The Pearson Foundation?
We asked that question on our blog after Mark Nieker, President and CEO of The Pearson Foundation posted a comment on our blog. His comment was in response to the posting of two New York Times (NYT) articles by education reporter Mike Winerip on the funding of international trips for state school superintendents by The Pearson Foundation.
As a reminder, Pearson Education, Inc. is a supplier of education products to MCPS and, the Board of Education entered into a surprise agreement in 2010 to sell curriculum to Pearson.
Some of the past MCPS payments to Pearson companies:
FY 2010
Pearson Education Inc $1,039,217
Pearson Learning Group $33,984
FY 2011 Pearson Education Inc $ 774,702
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