Investor Briefing

Pearson PLC
08 January 2003


8 January 2003

   Investor briefing: 'No Child Left Behind' and Pearson's US School business

Pearson, the international media company, is today holding a briefing for
investors on its US School business. It's a year to the day since President Bush
signed the 'No Child Left Behind' education Act, which he described as the
cornerstone of his Administration. The Act is ushering in the biggest changes in
federal education policy for more than 30 years.

Sandy Kress, former education adviser to President Bush and now an adviser to
Pearson, will outline the policy framework for the Act, and what it means for
schools and educators. Peter Jovanovich, chief executive of Pearson Education,
will talk about how Pearson will benefit from the new opportunities created by
the Act.

Pearson released its 2002 year end trading update on 13 December and will
announce its preliminary results for 2002 on 3 March, 2003.

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Notes to editors

A live audiocast of the investor briefing will be available at 1630 at
www.pearson.com. The archived audiocast will be available later in the day.

Video interviews with Marjorie Scardino, Sandy Kress and Peter Jovanovich will
be available at www.pearson.com from 0700 on Thursday 9 January.


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