Pearson reported modest results for the first half of 2018, with “good progress against strategic priorities” and their “efficiency program on track,” in line with their previous guidance for the year. (Which called for falling overall operating profit, though growth in the “underlying” profit.) The US higher ed business “grew modestly in the first half helped by lower returns, as expected” but is still projected to decline in the more important second half due to “underlying market pressures.” And the US K12 business remains up for sale. Profits from their stake in Penguin Random House declined to £22 million — […]