Ever hear about a deal that is too good to be true?
In MoCo, our BOE likes these deals. Votes in closed session, no accountability, and no oversight.
I wish I never left NY.
Is a deal that doesn't pass in NY good for our kids in MCPS? Probably not, but who is going to say no?
From today's Washington Post:
Pearson Charitable Foundation, the nonprofit arm of educational publishing giant Pearson Inc., has agreed to pay a $7.7 million settlement to New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman after he determined that the foundation had created Common Core products to generate “tens of millions of dollars” for its corporate sister.“The law on this is clear: non-profit foundations cannot misuse charitable assets to benefit their affiliated for-profit corporations,” Schneiderman said in a statement Thursday.Read more here.
