About Pearson Longman School, Shanghai |
Pearson is an international media company with world-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing. We lead our markets in quality, innovation and in profitability, and bring together some of the most valuable brands in publishing: the Financial Times, Penguin, Dorling Kindersley, Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, Addison-Wesley and Longman. From our roots as the world's largest book publisher, we've grown to provide a range of related services: testing and learning software for students of all ages; data for financial institutions; public information systems for government departments and the like. With 34,000 employees based in more than 60 countries, we are a family of businesses that draws on common assets, processes and shares a common purpose: to help our customers live and learn. Pearson is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO) and in 2008 we had sales of ￡4,811m and operating profit of ￡762m Longman is a global leader in English language education and a member of the Pearson family- the largest provider of educational solutions in the world. We help people of all ages learn, business people make informed decisions and readers enjoy a good book. Our businesses fuel a growing demand for knowledge and share a common purpose: to help our customers live and learn.
