Pearson Education, Inc. on behalf of Pearson Education, Inc. and NCS Pearson, Inc.

Lobbying client

The New York registration for Pearson Education and NCS Pearson, U.S. subsidiaries of the British education and testing company Pearson plc. New York City's Panel for Educational Policy approved Pearson in December 2024 for a five-year contract worth up to $23.5 million to digitize the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT), and our data show about $24 million in its active New York City contracts as of August 2026. It filed five disclosures in 2024, lobbying Council Member Adrienne Adams through CMW Strategies on educational-systems procurement.

Council members lobbied
1
Filings (since 2024)
5
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$66,500
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$23,979,215 · 4 contracts
Awarded all-time
$251,192,809 · 309 since 2003, incl. expired
Paid to date
$428,882,439
Won without a fresh bid
46% of contract value · $114,783,019 · 39 contracts
Based in
Bloomington, MN (out of state)

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subjects from their filings

City contracts

Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).

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