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| Type | Subsidiary of Pearson PLC |
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| Founded | 1748 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Key people | Dame Marjorie M. Scardino CEO |
| Industry | Education and Publishing |
| Products | (see below) |
| Employees | 29,000 (2007) |
| Website | www.pearsoned.com |
Pearson Education is an international publisher of textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools. Pearson Education is part of Pearson PLC. Its headquarters are in London, with offices in Harlow and Oxford; its US headquarters are in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
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Imprints
Pearson Education has a number of publishing imprints:
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Pearson Education also acquired, on May 21, 2007, Harcourt Education Limited, and its associated imprints, including Rigby, Heinemann, Ginn, Payne-Galway and Harcourt Assessment UK.
Technology products
- Livelessons Video training from technology experts
- Course Compass extensions to Blackboard Inc.'s
- In 2006, Pearson acquired Chancery SMS and PowerSchool; both are web-based Student information systems for K-12 schools. PowerSchool and a company of 160 employees [1] was acquired in March 2001 by Apple Inc., who then sold it to Pearson Education in April 2006[2]. ChancerySMS was acquired a month later, with the deal closing in May 2006[3]. These two products, along with several others (including state reporting systems and legacy products like SASI) make up the School Systems division of Pearson.
See also
External links
- Pearson Education US
- Pearson Education UK
- Pearson Education Canada
- Pearson School Systems
- Heinemann UK
- Peachpit Press
- Wharton School Publishing
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