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Press Releases  Pearson Education Combines Two Key Businesses
to Create Largest Digital Learning Company Serving K-12 Education Upper Saddle River, NJ — June 9, 2003 — Pearson Education today announced it has combined two of its key businesses in a move that creates the largest education technology organization or enterprise in the world, providing innovative research-based digital learning solutions that elevate the art and science of teaching and inspire children to reach their greatest potential. Pearson Education Technologies and Pearson Digital Learning (PDL), both based in the metro-Phoenix area, will be joined under the Pearson Digital Learning name effective immediately. The new Pearson Digital Learning will be headed by Jack Lynch, currently president and chief executive officer of Pearson Education Technologies. Bob Roliardi, who has spent the last seven years heading the Pearson business unit responsible for the market success of Waterford Early Reading, becomes the new company’s senior vice president of sales and marketing. "Pearson Education has some of the most powerful digital learning and administrative brands in the education market — SuccessMaker®, Waterford Early Reading™ and Math, NovaNET®, SASIxp™ , KnowledgeBox®, and the new Concert™ Instruction & Assessment, among others. By bringing these technologies together under common leadership and direction, we can better serve customers and maximize the potential gains from integrating assessment, instruction, and student improvement," said Steven A. Dowling, executive vice president at Pearson Education." "Scientifically-based, research-proven products such as SuccessMaker,
SASIxp, NovaNET, and the Waterford programs are
critical to schools facing strict new accountability requirements," said
Jack Lynch. "In addition to the products, the service and
support organizations of Pearson Education Technologies and Pearson
Digital Learning are among the best in the industry, staffed largely
with former educators who understand what customers need. Combining
these products and service groups into one organization, all backed
by the Pearson name, creates an unmatched resource for K-12 education." About Pearson Digital Learning With more than 40 years of experience in developing, delivering, and supporting curriculum, assessment, and enterprise data management products, Pearson Digital Learning is the leader in offering comprehensive solutions for preK-12 education. Reaching more than 20 million students annually, our products include the SASIxp™ student information system, SuccessMaker® Enterprise and NovaNET® comprehensive courseware systems, KnowledgeBox® digital learning system, and Concert™ Instruction & Assessment.Pearson Digital Learning is also the exclusive distributor for the Waterford Early Reading Program™ and Waterford Early Math & Science™, both created by the Waterford Institute. Pearson Digital Learning is part of Pearson
Education (NYSE: PSO),
the world’s leading integrated education company. Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education is the global leader in integrated educational publishing. With brands like Pearson Prentice Hall, Pearson Scott Foresman, Pearson Longman, Pearson Skylight, Pearson Digital Learning, and many others, Pearson Education provides quality content, assessment tools, professional development, and educational services in all available media, spanning the learning continuum from birth through college and beyond. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international
media company, whose primary operations also include the Financial
Times Group and the Penguin Group. Contact Matt Murphy, Corporate Communications Manager
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