Upper Saddle River, NJ - May 16, 2005 -- Pearson Education, the global leader in educational publishing, has acquired the assets of Scott/Jones, Inc., publishers of college textbooks in computing and computer science.

Scott/Jones publishes more than 75 titles, led by the highly successful "Starting Out With" series of programming books by Tony Gaddis. This series of introductory-level college texts includes leading books for the C++, Java, Visual Basic, and C# programming languages, which have been used by hundreds of thousands of students around the world.

Scott/Jones also publishes the best-selling The Complete A+ Guide to Computer Repair by Cheryl Schmidt, who is the author of several other A+ certification titles. In addition, Scott/Jones publishes titles in computer science and programming, as well as in computer information systems, software applications and operating systems, electronic technology; and internet computing.

All Scott/Jones titles will become part of the Pearson Addison-Wesley Computing list.

"Scott/Jones' important computer books and authors are a terrific fit with Pearson Education's market-leading franchises," said Jim Behnke, Chief Publishing Officer for Pearson Higher Education, International, and Professional Publishing. "They complement many of our current offerings, and allow us to add depth to our list."

About Pearson Education
Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education (www.pearsoned.com) is the global leader in educational publishing, providing scientifically research-based print and digital programs to help students of all ages learn at their own pace, in their own way. While virtually all students in America learn from a Pearson program at some point in their educational career, about three million college students are currently pursuing their courses online using Pearson Higher Education's products. In the U.S., nearly 25,000 schools use Pearson technology to help instruct preK-12 students and manage how they are doing. Pearson provides schools customizable services to create, deliver, score and report educational assessments, both in print and online, that help promote learning. The company is home to such renowned publishing brands as Pearson Prentice Hall, Pearson Longman, Pearson Addison-Wesley, Pearson Allyn & Bacon, Pearson Benjamin Cummings, Pearson Digital Learning, and others. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. In addition to Pearson Education, Pearson's primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

Contact:
Rod Granger
Pearson Education
212-782-3486
rod.granger@pearsoned.com