Pearson Foundation
Pearson (NYSE: PSO) is the global leader in educational publishing, assessment, information and services, helping people of all ages to learn at their own pace, in their own way. For students preK-12, Pearson provides effective and innovative curriculum products in all available media, educational assessment and measurement for students and teachers, student information systems, and teacher professional development and certification programs. Our respected brands include Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, SuccessMaker, Waterford, AGS, PowerSchool, Chancery SMS, SASI, Pearson Inform, Teachervision.com and many others. Our comprehensive offerings help inform targeted instruction and intervention so that success is within reach of every student. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.
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06-25-07
Digital Arts Alliance Adds Adobe Systems to Member Companies
ATLANTA, GA.- June 25, 2007 "“ The Pearson Foundation today announced that that Adobe Systems, Inc., has joined the Digital Arts Alliance, the consortium that promotes digital arts in K-12 education through fully funded and staffed programs delivered directly to schools and ...
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06-25-07
Nokia and the Pearson Foundation Triple Mobile Learning Institute's Commitment to Teachers
ATLANTA, GA. - June 25, 2007 - Nokia and the Pearson Foundation today announced two significant expansions of their Mobile Learning Institute program: The Mobile Learning Institute Leadership Network and the Digital Arts Alliance Leadership Institute.
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05-17-07
Jumpstart and Pearson Recognized as one of America's Best Business/Nonprofit Partnerships At Fifth Annual Cause Marketing Halo Awards
NEW YORK, NY -- May 17, 2007 "“ Pearson and Jumpstart were honored today with a Cause Marketing Halo Award, America's highest honor for companies and causes that do well by doing good. Cause marketing is the strategy of building mutually beneficial alliances between companie...
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05-15-07
2007 Campaign to Set New World Record for Largest Shared Reading Announced At International Reading Association Annual Convention
TORONTO, ONTARIO- MAY 15, 2006 - One-third of American children enter kindergarten developmentally behind their peers and without the skills necessary to succeed at grade level. This isn't just a problem for these children and their families; according to education experts, ...
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05-09-07
Largest Celebration of the Creative Spirit Tonight
DALLAS, TX - May 8, 2007 "“ More than 3,000 North Texas middle school students and their families have been invited to converge on Texas Stadium tonight at 7 p.m. for one the region's largest annual celebrations of the creative spirit "“ the Third Annual Student Arts Celebra...
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02-26-07
National Academy Foundation Receives Prestigious Philanthropy Award
NEW YORK, NY- February 26, 2007 -Fifty thousand at-risk high school students will be the real winners today when National Academy Foundation president JD Hoye accepts the Directors Nonprofit Excellence Award given annually by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy...
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10-10-06
New Hispanic Leadership Council on Education Includes 17 Education Leaders From Throughout United States
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09-06-06
Pearson Businesses and People Support Jumpstart and Help Set Guinness World Record™
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08-30-06
National Nonprofit Jumpstart Sets Guinness World Record
BOSTON- On August 24, Jumpstart and its partners - American Eagle Outfitters, Pearson, and Starbucks - hosted events across the country as part of Jumpstart's Read for the Record, a national campaign designed to engage adults and children in setting the world record for the ...
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09-05-00
Pearson Education Awarded
Mother truly does know best-in this case Working Mother magazine, which voted Pearson Education one of the nation's top 100 companies for working moms. Pearson executives underscored the company's placement in the Top Five for workplace "flexibility," which, they say, provid...
