That may be, but Pearson did not develop Common Core and there was no $350 million contract. This Twitter post is false.
I happen to know a little bit about both of these industries because I have relatives who worked in them.
In the publishing industry blockbuster books are sold via an auction.
The Obamas signed a joint deal, both Obamas were agreeing to publish multiple books I believe. It was said the auction for just Barrack's presidential memoir started around 18 million dollars. He was making bank no matter who published his book. Michelle's book sold even more than his. She moved over a million hardcover copies in the first two weeks.
As for the Common Core, Pearson didn't develop that. This is a super easy fact to check. And there was no $350 million contract with the federal government for Pearson. Total fiction.
Textbook sales are made at the State level. Some of those states chose Pearson, but some chose McGraw-Hill or Houghton Mifflin or Cengage or any of the other text book publishers
Look at Colorado. This is a common core state
Look at all the different publishers who have approved material
yes a lot of info there thanks ,,,but common core is destroying the kids...it is the dumbing down of America. I remember the first time my daughter brought home some math problems the common core style. She was having a hard time bc it made no sense. I sat down to help her and was appalled on what they are teaching. I showed her the real way to do math and she said it made sense and this was easy. The teacher did not like the way she was doing it because it was not how she was shown so she was going to fail her, right up until the time DAD went to see the teacher. Well the teacher started to explain this is not how she was shown. I stopped her mid sentence and said "Look you are going to tell an aircraft engineer how to do math?? I dont think so". I asked her what were her qualifications to teach math. She said i am a certified teacher. I say "That is not what i asked." I told her you can get your degree in finger painting and call yourself whatever you like. Your job as a teacher is to teach and if you cant make it make logical sense to the kids you are in the wrong profession. i then told her if you fail my daughter because she is smarter than you, I pity the outcome you will be dealing with me and you wont like it. Funny how my daughter passed with flying colors. Common core is still bullshit....
Even the Washington post had a link. If you have a search engine you can see anything I can see.
It is dots to be connected. Mergers, meetings, money. It is quite a web. But it seems you have made up your mind. Which is fine. Others who have looked have come to different conclusions. This is old news. I tend to spend my time on the current. Usually.
But money went to A.
A. Kicked back to B.
We all are aware of how the payoff money laundering thing works. It is a corrupt world.
common core is bullshit........
That may be, but Pearson did not develop Common Core and there was no $350 million contract. This Twitter post is false.
I happen to know a little bit about both of these industries because I have relatives who worked in them.
In the publishing industry blockbuster books are sold via an auction.
The Obamas signed a joint deal, both Obamas were agreeing to publish multiple books I believe. It was said the auction for just Barrack's presidential memoir started around 18 million dollars. He was making bank no matter who published his book. Michelle's book sold even more than his. She moved over a million hardcover copies in the first two weeks.
As for the Common Core, Pearson didn't develop that. This is a super easy fact to check. And there was no $350 million contract with the federal government for Pearson. Total fiction.
Textbook sales are made at the State level. Some of those states chose Pearson, but some chose McGraw-Hill or Houghton Mifflin or Cengage or any of the other text book publishers
Look at Colorado. This is a common core state
Look at all the different publishers who have approved material
https://www.cde.state.co.us/comath/hqim
yes a lot of info there thanks ,,,but common core is destroying the kids...it is the dumbing down of America. I remember the first time my daughter brought home some math problems the common core style. She was having a hard time bc it made no sense. I sat down to help her and was appalled on what they are teaching. I showed her the real way to do math and she said it made sense and this was easy. The teacher did not like the way she was doing it because it was not how she was shown so she was going to fail her, right up until the time DAD went to see the teacher. Well the teacher started to explain this is not how she was shown. I stopped her mid sentence and said "Look you are going to tell an aircraft engineer how to do math?? I dont think so". I asked her what were her qualifications to teach math. She said i am a certified teacher. I say "That is not what i asked." I told her you can get your degree in finger painting and call yourself whatever you like. Your job as a teacher is to teach and if you cant make it make logical sense to the kids you are in the wrong profession. i then told her if you fail my daughter because she is smarter than you, I pity the outcome you will be dealing with me and you wont like it. Funny how my daughter passed with flying colors. Common core is still bullshit....
I found a ton of articles saying this OP was true. I also remember reading it as it happened.
Corruption and laundering exists.
Ok show us something that shows this is true
Even the Washington post had a link. If you have a search engine you can see anything I can see.
It is dots to be connected. Mergers, meetings, money. It is quite a web. But it seems you have made up your mind. Which is fine. Others who have looked have come to different conclusions. This is old news. I tend to spend my time on the current. Usually.
But money went to A.
A. Kicked back to B.
We all are aware of how the payoff money laundering thing works. It is a corrupt world.
Or it is just coincidences. Over and over again.