Pearson: Lots Of Questions About Corporate Foundations
Concerns about private sector influence over public policy keep coming up -- not just in education, and not just from the political fringe.
There's Jane Meyer's big New Yorker article about corporate giving to nonprofit organizations involved in an effort to influence political elections. There's the constant trickle of stories about speaking fees for reporters and corporate support for jounalism. And of course there's Mike Winerip's recent column on the cozy relationship between Pearson, the Pearson Foundation, and the Council of Chief State Officer.
Of course, not all corporate foundations operate the way Winerip describes. And not everyone
