Education Software Deal

Comptroller of New York has increased by $ 27 million contract with an educational software company owned by Rupert Murdoch for the phone hacking scandal media mogul in Britain.

The New York Daily News reports that Thomas DiNapoli state comptroller last week rejected a contract from the Department of Education with the generation of Wireless, a subsidiary of News Corp..

Wireless Generation was getting $ 27 million from the state's $ 700 million in federal money race up to develop software that would track student test.

News News Corp. 's World British tabloid was closed last month amid piracy and bribery scandal phone the police. In addition to the scandal, DiNapoli's office also said there was an incomplete record on the qualifications of the company.

Jonathan Burman, a spokesman for the Department of Education, told the Daily News that DiNapoli gave in to pressure from teachers' unions.

New York Some educators and parents have expressed dismay that provides Wireless-generation mobile and web software, data systems and professional services that enable teachers to use data to evaluate student progress and provide more personalized instruction -students have access to sensitive information management.