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12/30/08 Pearson Launches Chancery SMS 6.7
12/17/08 Backpacking "Ecogeeks" Team With Bestselling Science Authors to Take High School Students on Biology Adventures
12/16/08 Top U.S. Two-Year College Joins Growing List of Institutions Accepting Pearson's New State-of-the-Art Measure of English Language Ability
12/15/08 Massachusetts Students Among World Leaders in Math and Science Study
12/15/08 Pearson’s Talent Assessment Business Launches a New Global Website
12/15/08 Pearson VUE is Awarded Contract to Develop, Implement, and Maintain Iowa’s New Mortgage Loan Originator Licensure Program
12/15/08 Pearson Launches PowerTeacher 1.5 - The Leading Web-Based Grade Book for K-12 Educators
12/15/08 Ashridge Business School First in the United Kingdom to Recognize New Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic
12/15/08 Washington Schools Achieve 'Distinction' with National Science Foundation-Funded Math Programs
12/11/08 Ireland's Top Business School First in Country to Recognize New Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic
12/11/08 The Inside Scoop on CyberCrime: Pearson's Que Publishing Releases Cyber Crime Fighters: Tales from the Trenches -- Actual Cases from Leading Internet Law Enforcement Investigators Illustrate the Dangers of Online Crime
12/10/08 New Annual Georgia Teacher Certification Test Results Reports Available Online for Educator Preparation Programs
12/09/08 Fortinet Improves Security Certification and Training Programs
12/08/08 Garr Reynolds, Author of Pearson’s Presentation Zen: Featured in Safari Books Online Webcast Series
12/05/08 Pearson Longman Offers Innovative Online Training for English Language Educators
12/04/08 Colorado Office of Barber and Cosmetology Renews Contract with Pearson VUE for Licensing Examination Services
12/04/08 Martha (Marty) Smith Inducted Into Association of Educational Publishers Hall of Fame
12/02/08 High-Achieving Suburban Milwaukee School District Puts Assessment Data at Teachers' Fingertips
11/25/08 Pearson Project in Angola Launches Textbooks in Seven National Languages
11/24/08 StatCrunch Offers Online, User-Friendly Solution for Students
11/20/08 "Why I Teach," Series of Teacher-Made Films, To Be Distributed to Schools by The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and The Pearson Foundation
11/20/08 Film Featuring Latino Superintendents and Administrators Advocates Value of Networking, Advocacy, and Mentoring for Student Performance
11/20/08 Report and Recommendations for Education Policy Leaders, From The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Says World’s Educators Should Learn From Singapore’s Success in Science and Math
11/18/08 Leading College Publishers Settle Trademark and Copyright Suit
11/18/08 Leading College Publishers Awarded Summary Judgment in Copyright Infringement Suit
11/17/08 Northeastern University College of Business Administration Recognizes Pearson's New Test of English Language Ability for International Students
11/13/08 District of Columbia to Implement Pearson VUE’s PULSE License Management System
11/13/08 WHAT STUDENTS THINK: PEARSON ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF LARGEST NATIONAL STUDENT SURVEY
11/12/08 Groundbreaking Mobile Learning Program Will Train for Louisiana's 90,000 Job Vacancies
11/12/08 More than 5 Million Young People Cast Ballots in World's Largest National Mock Election
11/11/08 Texas Department of Insurance Outsources Continuing Education Program to Pearson VUE
11/10/08 eCollege Announces Anne Keehn as Vice President of Sales and Business Development
11/07/08 California State Board of Education Approves Pearson's Breakthrough Reading Programs for State's Students
11/05/08 Teachers-In-Training Make A Difference To Young Children In Need
11/03/08 Pearson VUE Announces New Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA) Certificate Exam Available
11/03/08 2008 Early Reading First Grants Go to Programs Choosing Pearson’s Research-Based Preschool Curriculum & Assessments
10/30/08 eCollege Helps Extend Reach of Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY)
10/29/08 Pearson and Decision Critical, Inc. Form Strategic Relationship
10/29/08 WorldatWork to Offer Computer-Based Testing With Pearson VUE
10/28/08 Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Academy signs agreement with Pearson VUE
10/28/08 The Law National Admissions (LNAT) Consortium renews contract with Pearson VUE
10/28/08 Pearson's Full Suite of Student Information Systems Now Certified Under the SIF 2 Specification
10/28/08 School Students' Ballots Pouring In at 20,000 an Hour
10/28/08 Colorado's Academy District 20 Selects eCollege as Best Solution for New Online High School
10/28/08 eCollege Announces Expansion to Asian-Pacific Markets
10/27/08 Addison-Wesley and Sams Publishing Launch Seven Key Developer Books at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference 2008
10/27/08 Research Study Says Impressions of Past Presidents Influence Today’s Voters’ Choices
10/27/08 Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Asks the Nation's Teachers To Actively Engage Students in the Election Process
10/27/08 Pearson's enVisionMATH #1 Choice of U.S. School Districts
10/23/08 Winners of eSchool News 2008 "Empowered Education Awards" Tour Washington, DC, Impress Lawmakers with Video Savvy
10/23/08 Record Numbers Now Voting in National Mock Election
10/23/08 Students’ Scores Increase on Standardized Achievement Tests with Pearson’s New enVisionMATH Program
10/23/08 An Election of Firsts: 2008 a Turning Point, Says Pearson Author Larry Sabato
10/22/08 Thousands of U.S. Students and Teachers To Share Their Math Class Videos Across the Globe
10/21/08 Pearson VUE announces new Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) Certificate Exam Available
10/21/08 Minnesota Children 'Read for the Record' and Raise Awareness About Early Education Crisis
10/21/08 Pearson Launches New Online Version of Stanford Achievement Test
10/20/08 Citrix Education and Pearson VUE Launch "Take 2" Certification Offer
10/17/08 Pearson to Offer California's First New Reading Programs in Six Years
10/15/08 Que Publishing To Give Away Four Asus Eee PC 4G Notebooks : Contest Launches First Eee PC Book to Market, Using the Asus Eee PC
10/15/08 California Awards Pearson Two-Year Contract to Manage Certification Testing for Teachers of English Language Learners
10/14/08 Baruch College Zicklin School of Business First in U.S. to Turn to Pearson for Test of English Language Ability of International Students
10/14/08 Pearson Author, Princeton Professor Paul Krugman Awarded Nobel Prize for Economics
10/14/08 Pearson Offers $1,000 Scholarships for Allied Health Students
10/14/08 Reading Test Scores on the Rise for Kids Nationwide
10/14/08 Pearson Appoints Paul Fletcher as Senior Vice President and General Manager of School Systems Group
10/14/08 Creativity and Technology Transform Georgia Students’ Writing Skills
10/13/08 How Green Is Your Campus? Pearson Wants To Know
10/13/08 Biology Majors Urged to Take a Stand for Science … and Win a $1,000 Scholarship!
10/08/08 Record Demand for Pearson’s Higher Education Learning Solutions
10/08/08 Pearson Offers Apple Developers Access to iPhone Developer's Cookbook eBook
10/08/08 California Water Environment Association Signs With Pearson VUE to Transition Certification Program to Computer-Based Delivery
10/06/08 ISU Nursing Students Get Dose of Reality in "The Neighborhood"
10/06/08 Peachpit Announces Free Creative Suite 4 Online Resource Center and New Line of CS4 Books
10/06/08 Strategic Assistance for Teachers of Spanish-Speaking English Learners
10/03/08 America’s Children Break Reading World Record
10/03/08 Pearson Education and InterRel Consulting Honored with 2008 Oracle Excellence Award
10/02/08 IBM Press™ Releases 2nd Edition of Best-selling Search Engine Marketing, Inc.
10/02/08 Fordham University Joins Digital Arts Alliance
09/30/08 Peachpit Releases Web Video: Making It Great, Getting It Noticed
09/30/08 Pearson VUE appoints Eileen Youds as Chief Operating Officer
09/30/08 Pearson Builds Stronger Connection with Nation's College Students
09/29/08 Pearson Wins Teachers' Choice Award
09/25/08 California Curriculum Commission Recommends Pearson's Six Innovative Reading Programs for State Adoption
09/25/08 Custom Fit: Personalized Content For Students…And Cost Savings, Too
09/25/08 ILOG Chooses Pearson VUE for Global Test Delivery for Certifying Qualified Practitioners
09/24/08 Leaders in Digital Learning for the Millennial Generation Pearson Education's Baby Boomers Flourish
09/24/08 Pearson Announces Pilot Program Results for New Pearson Test of English
09/23/08 Twin Cities Charter School Students Ace Minnesota State Writing Assessment With WriteToLearn
09/22/08 American College of Sports Medicine Signs Contract Renewal With Pearson VUE
09/15/08 College Students “Making The Grade” with MyMathLab, MathXL
09/15/08 Global Reading Campaign Raises Awareness for Early Education in Low-Income Communities
09/09/08 Safari Books Online Adds SitePoint's First-Ever Reference Books to its Digital Library
09/09/08 Honolulu College Students Get a Break from Traffic, High Gas Prices
09/08/08 PeaceJam, Penguin, and Pearson Foundation Announce Global Call to Action Challenge
09/08/08 National Student/Parent Mock Election To Give Students a Voice in 2008 Election
09/08/08 eCollege, Cdigix Partnership Gives Students Enhanced Learning Experience
09/04/08 Rogers Public Schools Improve Achievement for English Learners
09/04/08 Idaho Real Estate Commission Retains Pearson VUE to Develop and Administer its Licensure Examinations
09/03/08 75% of State's Students Will Learn To Read with Innovative, Research-based Curriculum
08/27/08 WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE, FOURTH EDITION NOW AVAILABLE FROM PEARSON
08/27/08 MyMathTest Takes the Guess Work Out of College Course Selection
08/25/08 Pearson Survey Reveals Majority of Parents Believe Better School-to-Home Communication Will Increase Academic Achievement in Students
08/22/08 Peachpit Releases Lessons in DSLR Workflow with Lightroom and Photoshop
08/21/08 One-Half of Texas Elementary Schools to Start New School Year with Innovative Custom Math Curriculum
08/21/08 Pearson Launches First-Ever Teacher Education and Development Group
08/20/08 Ohio Leads Nation with Innovative Attack on Literacy Problem: Partners with Pearson to Introduce "Literacy Leadership Teams" Throughout the State
08/20/08 Algebra in Kindergarten? No Kidding.
08/20/08 Tiffin University Students Have More Opportunities For Online Success
08/19/08 How Many Gold Medals Would Boys Win if Reading Were an Olympic Sport?
08/14/08 Panel Recommends Six Ground-breaking Reading Programs From Pearson to California's Students
08/14/08 eCollege, DeVry University Announce Contract Renewal
08/13/08 Nothing But the Truth: New Titles from "Truth About" Series on Social Networking, Email Marketing, Identity Theft From FT Press are Must-Reads
08/12/08 NovaNET Heads Back To School; Two New Courses, Algebra II and English II, Debut
08/08/08 New MMPI® Instrument, the MMPI-2-RF™, Called “Most Significant Advancement in Clinical Personality Measurement in Decades”
08/08/08 Pearson Appoints Peter Cohen CEO of U.S. School Curriculum Business
08/07/08 Websense Inc. Chooses Pearson VUE for Exclusive Test Delivery
08/05/08 Pearson and eSkill Partner to Deliver All-In-One Soft and Hard Skills Job Screening and Employee Development Solution
08/05/08 Prentice Hall and SAMS Launch New Ubuntu Linux Books at LinuxWorld 2008
08/04/08 FT Press Author Podcasts Spotlighted in USA TODAY
08/04/08 Dr. Juanita Copley Honored for Contributions to Math Education By Texas Council of Teachers of Mathematics Board
07/31/08 Online Teachers' Aide To The Rescue
07/30/08 NYIF Teams With Security Traders Association To Provide Online and Instructor-Led Courses
07/28/08 Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses, New From Addison-Wesley Professional
07/23/08 Pearson VUE announces major enhancements to its Secure Testing Framework™
07/22/08 Connected Mathematics Honored For Excellence In Design
07/21/08 LessonLab Research Institute Director Addresses New Education Reporters at Hechinger Institute's Summer Seminar
07/15/08 NCTAF and Pearson Achievement Solutions Recognize Exemplary Learning Teams from Georgia, New Jersey, and North Carolina
07/14/08 NIIT and Pearson VUE to Offer Testing Facilities in India
07/10/08 Response To Intervention: Early Planning Stages Are Critical
07/09/08 LessonLab Research Institute Director Addresses Leading Science Experts At Literacy Institute's Annual Conference
07/02/08 Peachpit Releases How to Wow: Photoshop CS3 for Photography
07/02/08 Peachpit Releases Scientific Imaging with Photoshop: Methods, Measurement, and Output
07/02/08 Measurement Research Associates, Inc. Renews Contract with Pearson VUE
07/01/08 National Education Association Foundation To Expand Digital Arts Programs in Schools
06/30/08 Foundation for Investor Education Invests In Students' Success By Joining Digital Arts Alliance
06/30/08 The Digital Arts Alliance Expands Partnerships, Collaborations
06/30/08 The Pearson Foundation and The International Society for Technology in Education Expand Partnership Through Digital Arts Alliance Leadership Institute
06/30/08 Digital Arts Blaze Trail For Oregon Teachers, Students
06/30/08 Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test, Second Edition Now Available From Pearson In Online Format
06/30/08 Pearson Announces Partnership With Aspirations Unlimited
06/30/08 Pearson Introduces New, Individually State-aligned Item Banks For Benchmarking And Summative Assessments For High School Courses
06/30/08 Students Can Study Forensic Science, Biology and History While Building Writing and Reading Comprehension Skills With WriteToLearn 5.1
06/30/08 Pearson Launches Powerschool Premier 5.2 At National Education And Computing Conference
06/30/08 New 21st Century Digital Learning Environment Personalizes Math and Reading Instruction for Young Learners
06/30/08 Allyn & Bacon/Merrill Professional Development Materials Now Featured on Perspective, Pearson's Online Remediation and Enrichment Tool
06/25/08 On Her Own at Age 12, Texas Student Triumphs
06/25/08 Computer-based Instruction Provides Struggling Michigan Student A Second Chance
06/24/08 New CCNA Security, Wireless and Voice Products Available From Cisco Press
06/24/08 Association of Educational Publishers Recognizes Pearson With Awards for Year's Best Education Products
06/16/08 Pearson Announces SASI Customer First Program: Existing SASI Customers To Receive Powerschool Premier License At No Charge
06/11/08 Pearson Announces Powerschool Premier Support Of Oracle
06/10/08 Search Throughout Books at www.Informit.com
06/07/08 The Pearson Foundation Announces Spanish-Language Literacy Programs At Feria del Libro: A Family Book Fair
06/03/08 Learning to Change/Changing to Learn
06/03/08 Pearson Receives 2008 Spirit of Service Award
05/29/08 Students Go Digital And Improve Their Writing Skills With Pearson's WriteToLearn
05/29/08 Pearson Foundation to Support Teacher Training At National Academy Foundation Schools
05/29/08 Three Pearson Products Named Nation's Best Education Software
in 23rd Annual Software & Information Industry Association CODiE Awards
05/27/08 High Schoolers Get College Ready With Pearson's MathXL
05/27/08 Pearson's 1,000 Book Reading Challenge Announces Winners
05/23/08 Missouri Migrant Ed and English Language Learning Program Offers Training to Help Teachers of English Learners
05/20/08 Alaska to Require Licensure Exams for its Mortgage Lending Professions
05/19/08 Pearson VUE bring UKCAT Closer to Home
05/16/08 Los Angeles Chooses Pearson's Innovative Math Curriculum for K-5 Students
05/14/08 Growing Virtual World Offers Young Internet Users Free, Safe Environment for Fun and Learning
05/13/08 Oklahoma Teacher Certification Testing Contract Awarded to Pearson
05/09/08 It's a Guy Thing: Boys Turned On To Love Of Reading By Popular Children's Author
05/07/08 Professional Growth Academies From Pearson Debut, Offering Smaller School Districts Practical, Quality Teacher Professional Development
05/06/08 Jumpstart and Pearson Foundation Announce 2008 Jumpstart's Read for the Record Campaign
05/06/08 Pearson Education Launches New Titles at JavaOne 2008: Line-up Includes Much Anticipated 2nd Edition of Joshua Bloch's Effective Java
05/06/08 The Institute of Internal Auditors Launches Computer-Based Certification Exam
05/05/08 Assessment Management in the Palm of Your Hand Pearson Introduces DRA2 and DRA2 Handheld at IRA
05/05/08 New Program for English Language Learners Helps Close Achievement Gap Pearson Launches Words Their Way™ at IRA
05/05/08 Pearson Introduces New Good Habits, Great Readers Writing Program at IRA Convention
05/05/08 Love, Passion, Selfless Dedication, and Outstanding Contributions Bring Top Honors to Educator and Author Elfrieda (Freddy) H. Hiebert at IRA Convention
04/24/08 Pearson VUE Launches Missouri Insurance Examination Program in Record Time
04/23/08 Jumpstart to Honor Pearson's Bill Barke for Community Service
04/22/08 New Digital Arts Initiative Includes First-Ever Global, Environmental Filmmaking Competition for Youth
04/22/08 Pearson Releases Powering Performance Vision Paper On K-12 Education Technology And Launches Associated Webinar Series For School Superintendents And Technology Directors
04/16/08 Kentucky Real Estate Commission and Virginia Board of Nursing Renew Partnerships with Pearson VUE
04/15/08 Pearson Products Honored as Finalists in 2008 Association of Educational Publishers Awards
04/14/08 Wall Street Meets The Windy City
04/11/08 Pearson Celebrates "Math Awareness Month"
04/11/08 Pearson Tackles Challenges of Helping Boost California Students' Reading Scores
04/10/08 Math Intervention Program Aligns to NCTM Curriculum Focal Points
04/10/08 Pearson Brings Its Campaign To Stamp Out "Word Poverty" To L.A.'s Largest Family Book Fair - Feria del Libro
04/08/08 Pearson California Celebrates "Math Awarness Month"
04/07/08 Students at Nation’s Online Higher Education Programs Find More Support to Help Them Succeed
04/07/08 Schools Receive National Recognition For Reading Intervention Efforts
04/03/08 eCollege Recognizes Excellence in Online Education at Annual Conference
04/02/08 Pearson Longman Unveils Elementary and Secondary Programs to Meet Diverse Needs of California’s Struggling Readers and English Language Learners
04/01/08 Wall Street Meets The Great Wall
03/31/08 Spanish Most Popular Language Studied at U.S. Colleges; Pearson’s MySpanishLab.com Reinvents How Language is Taught
03/26/08 eCollege’s Enterprise Reporting Provides Data for Online Learning Success
03/25/08 Pearson Develops New Computer Skill Competency Assessment for Georgia Educators
03/25/08 Pearson Announces Exclusive Partnership With Nationally-acclaimed Curriculum Designer Grant Wiggins
03/25/08 New Speech and Language Assessment First to Measure Impact of Stuttering on a Person’s Daily Life
03/21/08 Peachpit Releases Inspired CSS: Styling for a Beautiful Web
03/20/08 Pearson Wins First Place Awards in NY Book Show
03/19/08 "Algebra Readiness" - the Key to Math Success for California's Students
03/18/08 U.S. Department of Defense Schools Choose Pearson’s Reading Programs for Elementary Students Around the Globe
03/14/08 The Pearson Foundation and SAP Bring Literacy Alliance to Clark County
03/12/08 New Riders Announces Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference 2008
03/11/08 eCollege Honored as Finalist in Software & Information Industry Association's 23rd Annual CODiE Awards
03/11/08 Illinois School Districts Offer Elementary Students New Math Program That Meets Them in Their Digital World
03/11/08 Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop’s Most Powerful Feature From Peachpit
03/11/08 WriteToLearn 5.0 Debuts With Even More Powerful Capabilities for Helping Students Build Writing and Reading Comprehension Skills
03/10/08 Pearson Applauds Improvement in California Math Scores
03/07/08 Pearson Author Presented with Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award
03/07/08 The Pearson Foundation and the Jane Goodall Institute Form Digital Arts Partnership
03/06/08 Top Reading and Math Educators Convene to Tackle 21st Century Education Challenges
03/06/08 Pearson Commits to Fighting ‘Word Poverty’ in California
03/04/08 Institute for Supply Management™ Signs Exclusive Test Delivery Contract with Pearson VUE
03/03/08 NBPTS Awards Five-Year Contract to Pearson For Educator Certification Testing Program
02/28/08 Leading College Publishers Settle Trademark And Copyright Suit Against Valorebooks.com
02/27/08 Pearson VUE Signs Contracts with Four New Appraiser Clients
02/26/08 Pearson VUE adds Continuing Education to its Suite of Services for Virginia Insurance Candidates
02/25/08 National Certification Board for Alzheimer Care Launches New Certifications with Pearson VUE
02/21/08 PowerTeacher(TM) Captures Top Honors
02/15/08 American Board of Anesthesiology Signs Test Delivery Contract with Pearson VUE
02/13/08 Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Announces Simultaneous TRUCKTOWN Deals
02/13/08 The Moment It Clicks: Photography Secrets From One of the World's Top Shooters, Published By Peachpit
02/13/08 Twelve Pearson Products Earn Finalist Honors in 23rd Annual Software & Information Industry Association CODiE Awards
02/11/08 eCollege, Sri Lanka Board of Investment to Create ‘eCollege Lanka’
02/08/08 Pearson VUE Introduces New Test Center Locator for Online Users
02/06/08 Scott Kelby Is Top-Selling U.S. Computer Book Author for 2007, According to Nielsen BookScan Data
02/05/08 I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life, From Peachpit
02/05/08 Pearson and Family Education Network Launch Math Education Website for Parents
01/30/08 Wyoming Educator Honored for Advancing Foreign Language Learning
01/30/08 New Jersey Educator Honored for Commitment to Help Bilingual Students Succeed In Global Marketplace
01/29/08 Pearson Wins Four-Year Teacher Licensure Contract from New Mexico Public Education Department
01/29/08 Mississippi Department of Education Selects Pearson to Create and Manage Innovative New Writing Assessment Program
01/23/08 New, Innovative Engage Response System Encourages Class Participation, Boosts Achievement
01/22/08 Online Remediation and Enrichment Tool From Pearson Now Includes Video Math Tutoring
01/21/08 First-of-its-Kind Elementary School Math Curriculum Meets the iPod Generation
01/15/08 The Moms' & Kids' Playground, Friendly Online Games for Parents & Preschoolers, Launches on Funbrain.com
01/11/08 Peachpit Releases The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers
01/09/08 Pearson Previews Next Generation Desktop Document Scanner at 2008 BETT Show
01/08/08 Pearson Awarded Three-Year Contract to Administer California Teacher Licensure Testing
01/07/08 Pearson VUE sponsors IITT Awards ChildLine Auction 2008
01/02/08 Peachpit Releases Apple Training Series: iLife '08
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