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Learning.com and Pearson Scott Foresman Partner to Help Texas Schools & Districts Integrate Technology

EasyTech™ technology integration available for Texas districts and schools through Pearson Scott Foresman

Portland, OR - January 14, 2003 - Learning.com, a leader in online technology curriculum and integrated assessment tools, and Pearson Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education (part of Pearson, NYSE: PSO), announced the signing of an exclusive statewide distribution agreement in which Pearson Scott Foresman will represent Learning.com's EasyTech™ technology integration system for kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms.

EasyTech provides technology lessons, integration activities, a management system, and training and support to help teachers successfully integrate technology into core curriculum learning. Lessons include mouse basics, word processing, databases, presentations, and Web browsing, among other topics, based upon the International Society for Technology in Education's National Educational Technology Standards (ISTE's NETS). The EasyTech curriculum was designed to fulfill the requirements of Texas Technology Applications Proclamation 2001 (TAP), which provides in excess of $100 million in statewide funding for technology literacy curriculum.

Pearson Scott Foresman, the world's leading preK-6 educational publisher, offers standards based textbooks and ancillaries in all school disciplines, and curriculum-based Web sites in English and Spanish. Pearson Scott Foresman also offers professional development series for teachers, as well as a host of digital learning tools and resources.

"EasyTech is our preferred technology literacy solution in Texas," said Paul McFall, president of Pearson Scott Foresman. "And with Learning.com as our integration solution partner, we are able to offer our customers a turn-key solution for technology instruction."

Under the terms of the exclusive agreement, Learning.com will continue to provide the EasyTech online service, including customer support, to all existing and future customers in Texas.

"Learning.com's first major sales were in Texas and we continue to experience tremendous growth there," said Bill Kelly, CEO of Learning.com. "With rapidly growing demand, we needed to expand our sales capabilities in Texas. Partnering with Pearson Scott Foresman lets us benefit from its experienced sales and marketing force and wide distribution channels to serve more Texas schools."

About EasyTech™

EasyTech enables educators to bring technology into the classroom while reinforcing core curriculum. EasyTech includes online technology lessons, integration activities, a management system, and online training and support. More than 1,200 K-8 schools and districts in 34 states and 10 countries use EasyTech to achieve technology integration.

EasyTech has earned Award of Excellence honors from Technology & Learning magazine and a Codie Award for Best New Educational Solution from the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). EasyTech has been adopted as computer skills in Oklahoma, Alabama, Louisiana, and Utah.

About Learning.com

Learning.com develops online technology integration curriculum for schools. The company is dedicated to helping schools integrate technology with learning. The company's products help students achieve mastery in specific computer-based skills, and help teachers effectively integrate technology into their normal teaching practice. Learning.com is privately held and based in Portland, Oregon. For further information, visit www.learning.com or phone 800-580-4640.

About Pearson Education
Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education (www.pearsoned.com) is the global leader in integrated education publishing. With such renowned brands as Prentice Hall, Longman, Scott Foresman, Addison Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, and many others, Pearson Education provides quality content, assessment tools and educational services in all available media to a worldwide marketplace, spanning the learning continuum from birth through college and beyond.

Pearson Education is a global leader in online learning with nearly 2,000 textbook companion Web sites, InformIT.com for technology professionals, and the Family Education Network (FEN), the award-winning online resource for parents, teachers, and children. For more information, visit www.pearsoned.com.

Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Pearson's primary operations also include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.