Pearson Education Company Description
Pearson Education dishes out homework to kids and grown-ups alike. As the world's largest educational publisher, the company prints textbooks, workbooks, and other materials for the K-12, higher education, and professional markets. Noteworthy academic imprints include Pearson Addison-Wesley, Pearson Longman, Pearson Allyn & Bacon, and Pearson Prentice Hall. Pearson Education's professional imprints include Cisco Press and Adobe Press. The company also operates assessment and skill development divisions. Pearson Education is part of the UK-based media group Pearson plc, which in 2007 acquired two of Reed Elsevier's Harcourt Education units.
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