When was Pearson Education formed?
Pearson Education was formed in 1998, when Pearson plc acquired the education division of Simon and Schuster and merged it with its existing education company Addison-Wesley Longman.
Questions about Pearson Education
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Why did Pearson Education rebrand to just Pearson in 2011?
Pearson Education dropped the word Education from its name in 2011 as part of a broader corporate restructuring that split the company into Pearson North America and Pearson International. The parent company, Pearson plc, also refocused entirely on education publishing and services by 2016.
How many countries does Pearson have testing centers in?
Pearson has testing and teaching centers in more than 55 countries worldwide. Its assessment arm, Pearson VUE, delivers skills and certification tests electronically in more than 180 countries.
What is Pearson's strategy for digital textbooks?
In 2019, Pearson announced a shift to a digital-first strategy, phasing out printed textbooks in favor of digital editions that can be updated frequently at lower cost. Students wanting printed copies would need to rent them rather than buy them. By 2019, more than half of Pearson's annual revenues already came from digital sales.
What was the 2012 Pearson test errors controversy?
In the spring of 2012, tests Pearson designed for the New York State Education Department were found to contain more than 30 errors. The most notable was a passage about a talking pineapple on the 8th Grade ELA test, later traced to Daniel Pinkwater's story The Story of the Rabbit and the Eggplant. The NYSED announced it would not count the affected questions in scoring.
What happened to PowerSchool after Pearson acquired it?
Pearson School Systems acquired PowerSchool from Apple in 2006 for undisclosed terms. By 2014, the student information system generated $97 million in revenue and $20 million in operating income. Pearson sold it to Vista Equity Partners for $350 million in cash in 2015.