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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

No Educator Left Behind: Pearson, Leading Scorer of Standardized Tests, Subpoenaed - Forbes

No Educator Left Behind: Pearson, Leading Scorer of Standardized Tests, Subpoenaed - Forbes:

No Educator Left Behind: Pearson, Leading Scorer of Standardized Tests, Subpoenaed

Publicly Traded Pearson Education Subpoenaed

The New York Attorney General’s office launched an investigation this week into whether or not the education and testing of the state’s school children was sold to the highest bidder. A cloud of suspicion surrounds the Pearson Foundation, a nonprofit subsidiary of publicly traded Pearson Education Inc.(NYSE:PSO), the nation’s largest educational publisher and subject of a previous Crotty on Forbes column. The Pearson Foundation is being investigated for potentially lobbying state education officials improperly and footing the bill for those officials to take