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8 unusual facts about Pearson PLC


Attack patterns

; & Vlissides, J. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software ISBN 0-201-63361-2, Addison-Wesley, 1995

BMW Marine

Many of these auxiliary engines found their way into both racing and cruising sail boats made by companies such as S2, Pearson, Jonmeri, and Hans Christian.

Connections Academy

On September 15, 2011, Pearson, an international learning company, acquired Connections Education for in excess of $400 million, with an eye to establishing a position in the virtual school segment and the opportunity to apply Connections Education’s skills and technologies in new segments and geographic markets.

Longman

Longman is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC.

Otis–Lennon School Ability Test

The Otis–Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT), published by the successor of Harcourt AssessmentPearson Education, Inc., a subsidiary of Pearson PLC — is a test of abstract thinking and reasoning ability of children pre-K to 18.

Pam Allyn

She is the author of the Your Child’s Writing Life (Penguin Avery), Pam Allyn’s Best Books for Boys: How To Engage Boys in Reading in Ways That Will Change Their Lives (Scholastic), What To Read When: The Books and Stories To Read With Your Child–And All The Best Times To Read Them (Penguin Avery), and Be Core Ready: Effective Steps to Implementing and Achieving the Common Core State Standards (Pearson).

Stephen Briers

His latest book, Psychobabble: Exploding the Myths of the Self-help Generation, was published in September 2012 through Pearson.

StraighterLine

The company was founded in 2008 as a division of Smarthinking, Inc., an online tutoring provider, and was spun out in 2010, shortly before Smarthinking was acquired by Pearson PLC.


Adult Learners' Week

Founded and co-ordinated by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE), Adult Learners' Week in England is backed by thousands of supporters including the European Social Fund, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Next Step, BBC, Open University and Pearson PLC.

Bali Rai

2012 saw the release of Rai's first ever picture book,The Guru & the King (A & C Black), as well as Demon Hunter, part of the Heroes series published by Pearson.

Glen Moreno

In October 2005 Moreno was appointed as Lord Stevenson's replacement as chairman of Pearson PLC, after a 5 month search.

John Penrose

He was Commercial Director of the Academic Books Division at Thomson Publishing in Andover from 1995-6, then Managing Director of Schools Book Publishing at Longman (Pearson PLC), publishing school textbooks for the UK and parts of Africa.

Newsquest

In 1996 Newsquest swapped its Yorkshire titles for Johnston Press’s Bury, Lancashire area titles and £9.25 million, sold some of its titles in the English Midlands to Midland Independent Newspapers and bought the Westminster Press local newspapers group for £12.3 million from Pearson, owner of Penguin Books and the Financial Times, resulting in Newsquest doubling in size.

Penguin Random House

Penguin Random House is a company formed from the merger between the book publishers Random House, owned by Bertelsmann, and Penguin Group, owned by Pearson PLC.


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