Pearson Plc
Pearson is the largest education company and book publisher in the world, offering education services; test development and scoring services in educational institutions (for both teacher and student evaluation), corporations and professional bodies. North American education segment is 40% of revenue. Book publishing; Penguin books (books for all ages, classics, literary prize winners), teacher text books; 40% of revenue. Business information; publishes the Financial Times, The Economist (50% stake) and professional trade books; 20% of revenue.1
CEO Marjorie Scardino is also the director of the MacArthur Foundation.
- 1. Summarized from google finance, the company's website and Bloomberg
1. Penguin books’ US website noted that a line of books with long-standing commitment to green issues are being printed on FSC certified paper from ISO 14001 suppliers, with vegetable inks and bio-degradable glues. I wonder why these values can’t be applied to all the books Pearson publishes.1
1. "For us, the business of education encompasses reaching out to others, supporting projects in our communities, and making a difference every day. In a brain-powered world, we believe that no job is more important than helping people to learn."1
I am not confident that our educational system, at large, i.e., the text books, testing methods, etc, does a proper job of leading us into the light. I am cautious of testing services as they often miss accounting for the growth of the whole student, teacher, employee, etc and overemphasizes metric evaluations of people.1
- 1. Reflection by Steven Gervais
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