UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 


FORM 6-K
 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 

For the month of  April 2009
 
 

PEARSON plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
N/A
 
 
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
 
 

80 Strand
London, England WC2R 0RL
44-20-7010-2000
(Address of principal executive office)
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant  files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
 
 

    
 
Form 20-F X                                      Form 40-F
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the  Registrant  by  furnishing  the  information
contained  in this  Form is  also  thereby  furnishing  the  information  to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 

    
 
Yes                                              No X


 

This Report includes the following documents:
 
1. A press release from Pearson plc announcing Director/PDMR Shareholding 
 
 
Pearson plc - Notification of Directors' Interests

Pearson announces that the following directors have purchased shares in the company under its Annual Bonus Share Matching Plan: 

Name
       
      
ADRs
       
    
Purchase        Resultant      Percentage  
   
    
       
                                  
Price               Holding           Holding

W T Ethridge
    
 61,158
    
     $9.9986
          189,916
    
      0.02345%


Name
       
        Ordinary       Purchase        Resultant       Percentage  
   
                         Shares
     
   Price                 Holding          Holding

R A Freestone
    
20,913
    
      £6.694308
     
65,292
   
    
    0.00806%

The Plan is designed to encourage executives to build up their shareholding in Pearson
 by
 invest
ing
 up to half of their 
after-tax 
annual bonus in ordinary shares. 
 Subject to Pearson meeting a corporate performance target, participants 
are 
then 
entitled to 
receive
, after allowing for tax
 on their original investment
, 
up to 
one 
additional 
matching 
s
hare for 
each
 of their own s
hare
s
 
held 
for three years
.

D
etails of the Plan are included in the company's remuneration report at 
http://www.pearson.com/investor/ar2008/governance/rptDirRemun.html




    


 


SIGNATURE
 


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 

PEARSON plc
 
 


Date:   17 April, 2009


  
By:   /s/ STEPHEN JONES

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Stephen Jones
Deputy Secretary