Pearson Education

Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation <a href="/facts/Pearson_plc/Bo4IQzMo">Pearson plc</a>. The subsidiary was formed in 1998, when Pearson plc acquired <a href="/facts/Simon_%2526_Schuster/pESq8Dxl">Simon & Schuster</a>'s educational business and combined it with Pearson's existing education company <a href="/facts/Addison-Wesley/A7UFATEG">Addison-Wesley</a> <a href="/facts/Longman/l5JQ1NGz">Longman</a>. Pearson Education was restyled as simply Pearson in 2011. In 2016, the diversified parent corporation Pearson plc rebranded to focus entirely on education publishing and services; further, as of 2023, Pearson Education is Pearson plc's main subsidiary.
In 2019, Pearson Education began phasing out the prominence of its hard-copy textbooks in favor of digital textbooks, which cost the company far less, and can be updated frequently and easily.
As of 2023, Pearson Education has testing/teaching centers in over 55 countries worldwide; the UK and the U.S. have the most centers. The headquarters of parent company Pearson plc are in London, England. Pearson Education's U.S. headquarters were in <a href="/facts/Upper_Saddle_River%2c_New_Jersey/Ps08aEYT">Upper Saddle River, New Jersey</a> until the headquarters were closed at the end of 2014. Most of Pearson Education's printing is done by third-party suppliers.

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