Pearson Education

Pearson Education (branded as Pearson since 2011) is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc, formed in 1998, when Pearson plc acquired Simon & Schuster's educational business and merged it with Pearson's existing education company Addison-Wesley Longman. Pearson Education was rebranded as Pearson in 2011. In 2016, the parent corporation Pearson plc rebranded to focus solely on education publishing and services; as of 2023, Pearson Education is Pearson plc's main subsidiary. In 2019, Pearson Education began phasing out its hard-copy textbooks in favor of digital textbooks, which were cheaper and easier to update. As of 2023, Pearson Education has testing/teaching centers in over 55 countries worldwide; the UK and the US have the most centers. The headquarters of parent company Pearson plc are in London, England. Pearson Education's US headquarters were in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, until the headquarters were closed at the end of 2014. Most of Pearson Education's printing is done by third-party suppliers.