State Is Investigating Pearson Foundation Trips
Back in October, Michael Winerip in The New York Times reported in his On Education column about trips for education officials provided by the Pearson Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Pearson Education, the large testing company.
On Thursday, Winnie Hu reports in The Times that the state attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, is now investigating whether the foundation acted improperly to influence New York State officials by paying for the trips and other perks.
Specifically, the attorney general’s investigation is looking at whether foundation employees improperly sought to influence state officials or procurement processes to obtain lucrative state