Rendell today spoke
with teachers, administrators, students and their parents about the success of
the Project 720 high school reform initiative at Newport High School in Perry
County .

eClassroom(SM) Partners With Virtual Sage to Deliver Quality Online Courses

Christopher Gentile , publisher and chief
operating officer of Virtual Sage.S.


"Our newly minted
graduates will energize the global workforce with their technical skills and
management expertise.

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Only 20 percent require Algebra II. Virtual Sage is the curriculum
provider and partner with one of the nation's largest distance learning
organizations, James Madison High School Online.
The new 29-member graduating class enters the marketplace with competitive
problem-solving skills and the technical savvy so essential for success in
today's fluid global marketplace, according to Dena Tsamitis , head of Carnegie
Mellon's Information Networking Institute.
AIT's mission is to encourage the development of high-quality information and
communication technologies and the professionals capable of creating
technological breakthroughs for the 21st century.

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"
Virtual Sage is the exclusive provider of online content to UMOHS, one of
the nation's first virtual schools in partnership with a major university. It is based on the success of the
UMOHS program, and leverages the offerings from Virtual Sage and eClassroom."
eClassroom also will power the distance program for another Virtual Sage
client, James Madison High School Online, which is operated by the
Professional Career Development Institute (PCDI).eClassroom. We believe that these forward-looking statements are
reasonable; however, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, which are based on current expectations and speak only as of the
date of this release.

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Governor Rendell Touts Project 720 Program at Newport High School


All UMOHS students will access their Virtual Sage online courses through the
eClassroom System.

eCollege is a registered trademark of eCollege.
"INI programs are leading the way in integrating technology, policy and
business to educate the leaders of tomorrow ," said Pradeep K.edu .

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"eClassroom's unmatched system
availability and 24x7 support give us peace of mind that students, teachers
and administrators accessing our courses will have the highest quality
experience.

About Virtual Sage
Virtual Sage is a groundbreaking online educational publisher founded by
lifetime educators.
Classes ranging from the principles of broadband networking and managerial
economics to software engineering are taught by faculty from Carnegie Mellon
and AIT at a sprawling 100,000-square-foot building in Peania, a few
kilometers from downtown Athens.

About Carnegie Mellon: Carnegie Mellon is a private research university
with a distinctive mix of programs in computer science, robotics, engineering,
the sciences, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities.

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NEWPORT, Pa."
Project 720 is named after the number of days that students attend school
between ninth and twelfth grades. "This partnership extends the
reach of our system in the K-12 market, and through the UMOHS Blueprint, we
can help provide a more efficient and cost effective way to build cyber
charter schools and other virtual schools .

About eClassroom
eClassroom, the K-12 division of eCollege (Nasdaq: ECLG), supports school
districts and state departments of education in providing complete virtual
schools. We are not obligated to publicly release any revisions
to forward-looking statements to reflect events after the date of this
release.

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We can and must do better.
The UMOHS Blueprint provides states and districts with a detailed process
to create their own cyber charter schools. Its team of writers , editors and supervisors
develop curriculum structured to strengthen online learning by providing
multiple paths of learning, multimedia and proprietary graphics, linear
lessons and online supplements .
Customers include the Kentucky Virtual High School; Illinois Virtual High
School; and Gwinnett County Public Schools, the largest school district in
Georgia. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from estimates or projections contained in the forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to: the difficulty in predicting
future growth due to the early stage of and rapid changes in the market for
our products and services; our eLearning customers ' ability to continue to
build, grow and market their online programs; the difficulty in predicting
changes in the marketing budgets and the mix of marketing products and
services employed by customers of our Enrollment Division; substantial
competition, including pricing competition, in the online education and
enrollment and retentions services markets; technological developments,
emerging industry standards and government regulations, and customer
requirements, which continually require us to improve our software and
services; a significant portion of our revenue is generated from a relatively
small number of customers; our debt obligations could adversely affect our
financial health and our ability to obtain financing and react to changes in
our business; the possibility that we may not be able to achieve continued
growth or profitability, or maintain current levels of revenue; our ability to
protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights from
infringement; the impact of laws and regulations affecting education and the
Internet; the ability of the Company to retain key executives at eCollege and
Datamark; our lengthy sales cycle; our network infrastructure and computer
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possibility that we may not be able to raise additional capital on acceptable
terms; Datamark's ability to develop and sustain long-term customer
relationships; the cost of marketing activities, including mailing lists,
materials and postal rates; and such other factors as are discussed in our
most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.
Students from India, Bulgaria, Romania, Lebanon , Greece, the Ukraine and
the United States will participate in a diploma ceremony featuring Pittsburgh
entrepreneur and Carnegie Mellon Trustee John G.
"I think that education, democracy and freedom remain the best formula for
free markets, innovation and prosperity," said Rangos.
The program is led by Christos Halkias, AIT dean and Tsamitis, who is also
the director of education, training and outreach for Carnegie Mellon CyLab, a
university-wide, multidisciplinary initiative that builds on more than two
decades of Carnegie Mellon's leadership in information technology and involves
more than 200 university faculty, staff and students.cmu.

Independent art education institutions which are not colleges or universities.

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eClassroom is a service
mark of eCollege.
Khosla said the program is designed to tap the interest of mid-level
professionals seeking to improve job skills and economic status in a variety
of business sectors, including telecommunications, wireless computing, systems
integration computing and financial services.

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Forty-one districts are participating this year in the pilot
program.
"Only 44 percent of Pennsylvania high school freshmen graduate on-time with a
college-ready diploma.
According to a survey of Pennsylvania school districts, fewer than half of
school districts require students to take four years of math in order to
graduate.
Carnegie Mellon and AIT began offering a four-semester program in
September 2002 culminating in a master of science degree in information
networking from Carnegie Mellon's Information Networking Institute.

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"Virtual Sage's high-quality online curriculum follows strict
research-based methods and sound online pedagogies, and its engaging courses
further enhance our complete solution for virtual school success," said
Oakleigh Thorne, chairman and CEO of eCollege.

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These resources would allow approximately 80 school districts across the
Commonwealth to voluntarily participate in Pennsylvania 's high school reform
initiative. "Newport School District is leading the way as a great example of
successful high school reform that serves all students.
Students in the Science and Technology Academy take four years of science.

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, as well as the
Pendleton School, which is located on the IMG Academies' campus and provides
student athletes with a customized educational experience. Securities and
Exchange Commission, which you are encouraged to review in connection with
this release. Rangos as the keynote
speaker. The INI
was founded in 1989 by three of Carnegie Mellon's colleges: The Carnegie
Institute of Technology (engineering), the School of Computer Science and the
Tepper School of Business. Carnegie Mellon has campuses in Silicon Valley, Calif.,
and the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar and is expanding its presence in Europe
and Asia with master's programs and other educational partnerships.

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The Governor's 2005-06 Budget proposal includes $4. Additionally , eClassroom
will provide online supplements for other Virtual Sage clients to offer hybrid
programs , including the Sagemont Upper School in Weston, Fla. He will speak about how this successful collaboration with AIT
provides an important benchmark for the university's presence internationally
and a strong commitment for promoting educational excellence worldwide."
In fact, industry analysts report that as lower-priced technology floods
the global marketplace, it helps generate new jobs, as companies that snapped
up computers suddenly required software and workers who could adapt the
products to their needs.

About AIT: AIT is an international research hub in software engineering,
telecommunications and networking, embedded systems and electronics that
fosters collaboration with other research centers in Greece and abroad.

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Edward G. Fifty-two percent require Algebra I, while 39 percent require
Geometry. Partnership Provides Blueprint for States and Districts to Implement Cyber
Charter Schools

DENVER, eClassroom(SM), the K-12
Division of eCollege(R) (Nasdaq: ECLG) and a leading provider of complete
solutions for virtual schools, today announced a partnership with Virtual
Sage, an online curriculum development company that offers comprehensive,
standards-based online courses. Virtual Sage supplies coursework to brick and
mortar educational institutions using hybrid instructional models, as well as
virtual schools with online instructors. Actual results may differ
materially.

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, Gov. The two companies will provide schools,
including Virtual Sage's existing customers, with access to Virtual Sage's
online courses delivered through the eClassroom System.
"We always have strived to provide unparalleled learning opportunities by
leveraging the best online instructional practices, and in eClassroom, we've
found an eLearning partner equally as committed to serving the evolving needs
of students today," said Dr. Examples of these forward-looking statements
would include statements about the expected benefits to customers of our
products or services and any other statements that are not historical facts.

(Logo: http://www. More than
8,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive an education characterized
by its focus on creating and implementing solutions to solve real problems,
interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation.

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The program establishes a core curriculum that requires English, math
and science courses to prepare all students for college and career success. Newport High School joined the first round
of Project 720 schools and received $50,000 during the current school year to
invest in high school reform."
Students at Newport can select from three academies: Arts and Humanities;
Science and Technology; and Business and Industry. Only 77 percent require Biology , while
24 percent require Chemistry and 12 percent require Physics.

Carnegie Mellon's Successful Collaboration With Greek Institution Culminates With Graduation of First International Class

Cohon will preside over the event and
offer remarks.

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All students are required
to take four years of math (including Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II);
three years of science (including Physical Science, Biology and either
Chemistry or Ecology), four years of English and four years of social studies.
These statements are based on management's current expectations and are
subject to a number of uncertainties and risks.

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7 million for Project
720. UMOHS, which was developed five years ago, is a fully
accredited college preparatory high school serving approximately 600 students
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For more information , please visit http://www.com. PITTSBURGH, Carnegie Mellon University will award
diplomas May 7 in Greece to its first international class of graduates
enrolled in the MSIN (Master of Science in Information Networking) program
offered by Carnegie Mellon's Information Networking Institute (INI) in
collaboration with Athens Information Technology (AIT).
Visit: http://www.

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In addition , fewer than 25
percent of school districts in Pennsylvania require students to take four
years of science in order to graduate.
The UMOHS Blueprint includes the necessary components for a successful
implementation, including a complete technology and service solution from
eClassroom, comprehensive and interactive online curriculum from Virtual Sage,
and planning and management consulting services from UMOHS.newscom.

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The publishing firm employs the most effective methods of
pedagogy while consistently and effectively leveraging the technological
advantages of the Internet. The publisher also provides
cutting-edge products to the University of Miami Online High School, one of
the nation's first virtual schools in partnership with a major university.

This news release contains statements that are not historical in nature
and that may be characterized as "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the securities laws.

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"More than half of Pennsylvania 11th graders are below proficient in math,
and nearly 2 in 5 are below the state standards in reading," Rendell said.
"A rigorous curriculum in English, math and science will allow students to
prepare for well-paying and high-skill careers in today's economy," Rendell
said.

CONTACT: Abraham Amoros
717-783-1116



Founded in 2001 as part of the Research and Education Society in Information
Technology, AIT is a nonprofit subsidiary of the INTRACOM group of companies.

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The eClassroom solution consists of the five key components to
create and support virtual school success , including planning, course creation
and delivery, teacher development, administrator support and student support.

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Khosla, dean of
Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering and co-founder of the Carnegie Mellon
educational collaboration in 2001. While technology is pervasive on its 110-acre campus, Carnegie
Mellon is also distinctive because of conservatory-like programs in its
College of Fine Arts.

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The partnership also
sets the stage for districts and states to build cyber charter schools based
on the successful model of the University of Miami Online High School (UMOHS).com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020422 /CMULOGO )
Carnegie Mellon President Jared L. A small student-to-faculty
ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction between students and
professors.


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