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==='''Market Control'''=== | ==='''Market Control'''=== | ||
Pearson is the largest company in higher education with influence over test administration, teacher licensing, educational software, eBooks, grading, guidelines. The company has a history of undisclosed lobbying and applying non-profit funds towards their for-profit business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hu |first=Winnie |date=2011-12-21 |title=Testing Firm Faces Inquiry on Free Trips for Officials |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/education/new-york-attorney-general-is-investigating-pearson-education.html |website=New York Times}}</ref> Since 2021, the state of Texas has made efforts to move away from Pearson's 30 year monopoly over exam testing. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Gross |first=Allie |date=2015-05-20 |title=Pearson loses Texas testing account to ETS after 15-year relationship |url=https://www.k12dive.com/news/pearson-loses-texas-testing-account-to-ets-after-15-year-relationship/399546/ |website= | Pearson is the largest company in higher education with influence over test administration, teacher licensing, educational software, eBooks, grading, guidelines. The company has a history of undisclosed lobbying and applying non-profit funds towards their for-profit business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hu |first=Winnie |date=2011-12-21 |title=Testing Firm Faces Inquiry on Free Trips for Officials |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/education/new-york-attorney-general-is-investigating-pearson-education.html |website=New York Times}}</ref> Since 2021, the state of Texas has made efforts to move away from Pearson's 30 year monopoly over exam testing. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Gross |first=Allie |date=2015-05-20 |title=Pearson loses Texas testing account to ETS after 15-year relationship |url=https://www.k12dive.com/news/pearson-loses-texas-testing-account-to-ets-after-15-year-relationship/399546/ |website=K12 Dive}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-01-05 |title=Texas hires two companies to run STAAR, moving toward statewide online testing |url=https://abc13.com/post/staar-tests-online-texas-public-schools-cambium-assessment-pearson/9357526/ |website=ABC 13 Eyewitness News}}</ref> | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
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==='''Self-Dealing Fraud (2013)'''=== | ==='''Self-Dealing Fraud (2013)'''=== | ||
Pearson was charged in the state of New York with a $7.7 million settlement for self-dealing fraud. <ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Gose |first=Ben |date=2014-11-18 |title=After a Scandal, Pearson Dissolves Foundation |url=https://www.philanthropy.com/news/after-a-scandal-pearson-dissolves-foundation/ |archive-url=}}</ref> Investigations found that Pearson contributed funds to its charity, Pearson Foundation, which then sent $540,000 of the funds to the Chief State School Officers and the copyright holder of the Common Core State Standards. Along with the Gates Foundation, the Common Core course was sold back to the for-profit Pearson company for $15.5 million.<ref name=":4" /> “The fact is that Pearson is a for-profit corporation, and they are prohibited by law from using charitable funds to promote and develop for-profit products,” said Attorney General Eric Scheniderman. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernández |first=Javier |date=2013-12-12 |title=Educational Publisher’s Charity, Accused of Seeking Profits, Will Pay Millions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/nyregion/educational-publishers-charity-accused-of-seeking-profits-will-pay-millions.html |website=The New York Times}}</ref> <ref name=":1" /> | Pearson was charged in the state of New York with a $7.7 million settlement for self-dealing fraud. <ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Gose |first=Ben |date=2014-11-18 |title=After a Scandal, Pearson Dissolves Foundation |url=https://www.philanthropy.com/news/after-a-scandal-pearson-dissolves-foundation/ |archive-url= |website=Philanthropy}}</ref> Investigations found that Pearson contributed funds to its charity, Pearson Foundation, which then sent $540,000 of the funds to the Chief State School Officers and the copyright holder of the Common Core State Standards. Along with the Gates Foundation, the Common Core course was sold back to the for-profit Pearson company for $15.5 million.<ref name=":4" /> “The fact is that Pearson is a for-profit corporation, and they are prohibited by law from using charitable funds to promote and develop for-profit products,” said Attorney General Eric Scheniderman. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernández |first=Javier |date=2013-12-12 |title=Educational Publisher’s Charity, Accused of Seeking Profits, Will Pay Millions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/nyregion/educational-publishers-charity-accused-of-seeking-profits-will-pay-millions.html |website=The New York Times}}</ref> <ref name=":1" /> | ||
===New York Statewide Exams Failure (''2012'')=== | ===New York Statewide Exams Failure (''2012'')=== | ||