Attorney General Schneiderman’s investigation also found that the Pearson Charitable Foundation provided grants to an independent organization of school officials in the United States for a jointly sponsored International Summit program, a series of conferences on education that were held in various foreign locales and attended by state school officials. The Foundation and Pearson, Inc. worked with the organization of school officials to plan and organize the International Summits, to identify speakers and presenters and, in some cases, to recommend school officials from participating countries. School officials who were invited were from jurisdictions where Pearson actively did business and sought to do business. The travel and lodging expenses of state school officials from the U.S. were paid for by the organization of school officials, using funds donated by Pearson Charitable Foundation. In addition, the Foundation independently sponsored the travel and lodging of guest speakers, presenters and summit delegates, including school officials, from foreign countries.
Pearson publishing did a similar thing -- infiltrated educational conferences:
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2013/ag-schneiderman-secures-77-million-settlement-pearson-charitable-foundation
Attorney General Schneiderman’s investigation also found that the Pearson Charitable Foundation provided grants to an independent organization of school officials in the United States for a jointly sponsored International Summit program, a series of conferences on education that were held in various foreign locales and attended by state school officials. The Foundation and Pearson, Inc. worked with the organization of school officials to plan and organize the International Summits, to identify speakers and presenters and, in some cases, to recommend school officials from participating countries. School officials who were invited were from jurisdictions where Pearson actively did business and sought to do business. The travel and lodging expenses of state school officials from the U.S. were paid for by the organization of school officials, using funds donated by Pearson Charitable Foundation. In addition, the Foundation independently sponsored the travel and lodging of guest speakers, presenters and summit delegates, including school officials, from foreign countries.