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Pearson Education is an international publisher
Publishing

Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information – the activity of making information available for public view....
 of textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia
Multimedia

Multimedia is media and content that utilizes a combination of different content format. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms....
 learning tools. Pearson Education is headquartered
Headquarters

Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. The corporate headquarters is the entity at the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities....
 in Upper Saddle River
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

Upper Saddle River is a Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 7,741....
, New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
, USA. It is part of Pearson PLC
Pearson PLC

Pearson plc is a London-based education and mass media Conglomerate . It is the largest book publisher in the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand, and the second largest in the United States and Canada....
, which is headquartered in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

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, UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, with offices in Harlow
Harlow

Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the River Stort....
 and Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
.

son Education has a number of publishing imprint
Imprint

In the publishing industry, an imprint can refer to two different things:* It can mean a brand name under which a work is published. One single publishing company may have multiple imprints; the different imprints are used by the publisher to marketing the work to different demographic consumer market segment....
s:
son Education acquired Harcourt Education Limited
Harcourt Education

Harcourt Education was a publisher serving the US assessment and trade markets for pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12, and international markets for primary and secondary school....
 on May 21, 2007. The Harcourt imprints acquired in the transaction included Rigby, Heinemann, Ginn, Payne-Galway and Harcourt Assessment UK
Harcourt Assessment

previously known as "Harcourt Assessment" is a company that publishes and distributes psychological assessment tools and therapy resources....
.


006, Pearson acquired Chancery SMS and PowerSchool. Both are web-based Student information system
Student information system

A student information system is a software application for educational establishments to manage student data. Student information systems provide capabilities for entering student test and other assessment scores, building student schedules, tracking student attendance, and managing many other student-related data needs in a school, college...
s for K-12 schools
K-12

K?12 is a designation for the sum of primary education and secondary education. It is used in the United States, Canada, and some parts of Australia....
. These two products, along with state reporting systems, legacy products like SASI, and others, make up the School Systems division of Pearson.

PowerSchool, a company of 160 employees, was acquired in March 2001 by Apple Inc..






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Pearson Education is an international publisher
Publishing

Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information – the activity of making information available for public view....
 of textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia
Multimedia

Multimedia is media and content that utilizes a combination of different content format. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms....
 learning tools. Pearson Education is headquartered
Headquarters

Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. The corporate headquarters is the entity at the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities....
 in Upper Saddle River
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

Upper Saddle River is a Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 7,741....
, New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
, USA. It is part of Pearson PLC
Pearson PLC

Pearson plc is a London-based education and mass media Conglomerate . It is the largest book publisher in the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand, and the second largest in the United States and Canada....
, which is headquartered in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, with offices in Harlow
Harlow

Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the River Stort....
 and Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
.

Imprints

Pearson Education has a number of publishing imprint
Imprint

In the publishing industry, an imprint can refer to two different things:* It can mean a brand name under which a work is published. One single publishing company may have multiple imprints; the different imprints are used by the publisher to marketing the work to different demographic consumer market segment....
s:

Mergers and Acquisistions

Pearson Education acquired Harcourt Education Limited
Harcourt Education

Harcourt Education was a publisher serving the US assessment and trade markets for pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12, and international markets for primary and secondary school....
 on May 21, 2007. The Harcourt imprints acquired in the transaction included Rigby, Heinemann, Ginn, Payne-Galway and Harcourt Assessment UK
Harcourt Assessment

previously known as "Harcourt Assessment" is a company that publishes and distributes psychological assessment tools and therapy resources....
.

Technology products

  • Livelessons Video training from technology experts
  • Course Compass extensions to Blackboard Inc.
    Blackboard Inc.

    Blackboard Inc. is a software company based in Washington, D.C. Blackboard went public in June 2004....
    's


School Systems

In 2006, Pearson acquired Chancery SMS and PowerSchool. Both are web-based Student information system
Student information system

A student information system is a software application for educational establishments to manage student data. Student information systems provide capabilities for entering student test and other assessment scores, building student schedules, tracking student attendance, and managing many other student-related data needs in a school, college...
s for K-12 schools
K-12

K?12 is a designation for the sum of primary education and secondary education. It is used in the United States, Canada, and some parts of Australia....
. These two products, along with state reporting systems, legacy products like SASI, and others, make up the School Systems division of Pearson.

PowerSchool, a company of 160 employees, was acquired in March 2001 by Apple Inc.. Apple then sold it to Pearson Education in April 2006.

ChancerySMS was acquired a month later, with the deal closing in May 2006.

See also

  • List of largest UK book publishers
    List of largest UK book publishers

    A list of the ten largest book publishers in the UK with some of their principal imprints, ranked by sales value in 2007 according to Nielsen BookScan:...


Competitors

Pearson Education operates globally and has a range of competitors, both on a global basis as well as in each country in operates. In the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 of America, the main competitors in the K–12 (education) include Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay....
 Harcourt, a subsidary of EMPG
EMPG

Education Media and Publishing Group, more commonly known as EMPG, is a holding company registered in the Cayman Islands. Its most important subsidary is Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a US educational publisher, based in Boston....
 and McGraw Hill Education a division of McGraw Hill Inc.. Internationally, competitors include: Macmillan Education
Macmillan Education

Macmillan is one of the world?s leading publishers of English Language teaching and school curriculum materials, with over 150 years of publishing experience....
, a division of Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH; and EMPGI
EMPGI

Education Media and Publishing Group International, more commonly known as EMPGI, is an education company with operations in People's Republic of China, India, Saudi Arabia, and Libya....
 an affiliate of Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay....
 Harcourt.

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