According to several sources, Pearson Education Inc. have numerous multi-million dollar contracts with states throughout the country.
FORBES: No Educator Left Behind: Pearson, Leading Scorer of Standardized Tests, Subpoenaed
However, the damage to the reputation, and stock price, of Pearson Education, Inc. could be far worse.
FORBES: No Educator Left Behind: Pearson, Leading Scorer of Standardized Tests, Subpoenaed
In November, Apple hired Tracy Augustine, a former executive at textbook publishers Cengage Learning Inc. and Pearson Education Inc.
Bookings have surged by more than 400% this year, with customers including Netflix, Pearson Education and Constant Contact.
According to the New York Times, subpoenas reportedly issued to the Pearson Foundation and Pearson Education, Inc. by the office of the Attorney General, Eric T.
FORBES: No Educator Left Behind: Pearson, Leading Scorer of Standardized Tests, Subpoenaed
Two years ago, the group said it would join education publisher Pearson PLC to overhaul the exam, align it with new academic standards and make it completely digital.
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Knewton started with test prep, then moved into a partnership to deliver remedial education with Pearson for Arizona State University, and is now serving K-12 students who are in the juvenile justice system.
News reports since the investigation was launched quote state education employees as being unaware that Pearson was funding the trips or lobbying for state education dollars.
FORBES: No Educator Left Behind: Pearson, Leading Scorer of Standardized Tests, Subpoenaed
As an example, to earn the most popular Cisco certification, called Cisco Certified Network Associate, or CCNA, a worker must take an exam, most likely administered by Pearson, the British-based publishing and education company.
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The Pearson Foundation is being investigated for potentially lobbying state education officials improperly and footing the bill for those officials to take trips to numerous international locales.
FORBES: No Educator Left Behind: Pearson, Leading Scorer of Standardized Tests, Subpoenaed
The conference was bankrolled by the Pearson Foundation and was attended by former New York State Education Commissioner David M.
FORBES: No Educator Left Behind: Pearson, Leading Scorer of Standardized Tests, Subpoenaed
As for Susan Gendron (Former Comissioner of Education of Maine, went to Helsinki with Pearson, left her position before her term ended).
The joint venture will exclude Bertelsmann's trade publishing business in Germany and Pearson will retain rights to use the Penguin brand in education markets worldwide.
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