Pearson

Pearson is an international media company with business operations in education, business information and consumer publishing. Its textbooks, multimedia learning tools and testing programs assist in educating more than 100 million individuals throughout the world. The company serves children in various pre-schools and high schools, as well as early learning and professional certification students. It offers publishing options from the Financial Times, Penguin, Dorling Kindersley, Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, Addison-Wesley and Longman brands. Pearson publishes a range of fiction, nonfiction, classic, children s books and illustrated reference materials in over 100 countries. It employs a work force of nearly 30,000 people. The company manages AGS Publishing, which is one of the leading providers of products and services to assess cognitive ability, achievement, behavior, speech, language, and personal and social adjustment.