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Cambium Learning to Acquire Kurzweil Educational Systems

Leading Education Companies Moving Quickly to Support Underserved Student
Populations

BALTIMORE, Md. The addition of Kurzweil Educational Systems to its family of
companies firmly positions Cambium Learning as the most comprehensive provider
of educational solutions for the at-risk, minority and special education
student population .

About Cambium Learning
Cambium Learning is an education company founded on the belief that all
students, including minority, at-risk, economically disadvantaged, and special
student populations can achieve at a high level.

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Coletta is the area's most prominent school and resource for children and
adults with moderate to severe cognitive disabilities.
The announcement was made at the 2005 Council for Exception Children (CEC)
Convention and Expo being held April 6 - 9 in Baltimore , MD. Another key company product, Kurzweil
1000(TM), fosters greater independence in students who are blind or visually
impaired, enabling them to read, write and study along side their sighted
peers .
Contact:
Laurie Burke
lburke@cambiumlearning.

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Coletta of Greater Washington build a
new school in southeast Washington, D.
Another highlight of this project is that Michael Graves, a nationally and
internationally recognized architect, designed the building to capture the
spirit of St."
Kurzweil Educational Systems is exhibiting at booth #502 at the CEC
Convention and Expo this week.

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Ensuring that
children with severe disabilities and their families have access to
educational opportunities is critical to creating stronger families. The majority of the student population will be physically closer to
their homes and community, allowing St. Coletta will be the first District
facility to offer school choice to parents and caretakers of children with
severe cognitive disabilities., and NATICK, Mass., Cambium
Learning(TM), Inc. "We are excited to add
Kurzweil Educational System's impressive direct and dealer sales channels to
further expand Cambium Learning 's reach into this important market.

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For many families, being involved has
been very difficult since their children travel from the city to the suburbs
for schooling. Public School System has more than 2,400 cognitively disabled
students. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. All other
company names and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective companies.

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$1 Million Freddie Mac Foundation Grant to Help Build DC-Based School for Severely Disabled Children

C. Coletta to incorporate the families
and caretakers more fully in students' education and overall development . With their third
acquisition in the last sixteen months, Cambium Learning continues to build an
organization dedicated to having broad reaching impact on the achievement of
underserved student populations by delivering research-based and proven
solutions.

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Slated to open in mid -2006, the school will be
located at a site adjacent to D. Boyd, chairman, Freddie
Mac Foundation . Coletta is constructing a state-of-the-
art, 99,000 square foot facility to house a special education charter school
and private school serving 260 children."
"Cambium Learning is proud to be affiliated with Kurzweil Educational
Systems as we continue to build a company dedicated to delivering proven
programs and interventions for the challenged learner," said David
Cappellucci, President and COO of Cambium Learning. With
a pioneering history in developing assistive technology, the company has
received worldwide recognition for enabling people with disabilities to lead
more independent lives through improved reading, writing and learning
abilities.

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"We believe in encouraging talent, celebrating success and building self-
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For more information, please
visit the company's website at http://www.

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Coletta to Reach Underserved Children Where They Live

MCLEAN, Va. Having the whole family engaged in the educational process is
imperative to St. Coletta . Typically,
the Foundation supports programs that strengthen families by preventing child
abuse and neglect, finding homes for foster children, and developing youth to
their fullest potential.

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The Foundation's investment will also
help increase enrollment by 100 children and improve the educational and
therapeutic efforts with better-designed and equipped classrooms, music/art
studios , physical/occupational therapy areas, and vocational training
stations.
His new perspective influenced the project's design.

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"The Freddie Mac Foundation is focused on strengthening families and
helping children and young people reach their full potential. St.freddiemacfoundation.com.

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Coletta serves 165 students from throughout the region at
its location in Old Town, Alexandria -- 68 percent of whom are from D. Families of these children will now have the
ability to enroll them as they would in any public school. Coletta students
graduate and receive exemplary life skills training necessary to successfully
transition to adulthood -- which complements the Freddie Mac Foundation's
mission to provide hope and opportunity for children and youth.

This new relationship will accelerate the
growth of Kurzweil Educational Systems. Sopris West Educational Services and
Metropolitan Teaching and Learning, two additional Cambium Learning companies,
are exhibiting at booth #319. Ray Kurzweil, a
co-founder of the original company, invented computer-based reading machine
technology 25 years ago to provide access to printed text for the blind.

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Coletta reflects our determination to invest in children so that
they may have brighter futures," explained Ralph F. A majority of St ., an education company serving the unique needs of the
nation's at-risk, minority and special student populations with learning
tools, services and technologies, today announced that they have signed an
agreement to acquire Kurzweil Educational Systems(R), Inc. Kurzweil 3000(TM), the company's
flagship product, is the most comprehensive and integrated reading, writing
and learning software for assisting struggling students with learning and
language difficulties such as dyslexia, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and
English Language Learning (ELL)."
"Today's announcement is great news for our industry , our teachers and
students, and educational systems everywhere," said Michael Sokol, co-founder,
President and CEO, Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc. This
acquisition provides Cambium Learning with award-winning technology and
provides Kurzweil Educational Systems with added industry expertise and
infrastructure as well as with new opportunities to merge technology with
content from our publishing companies.

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, The Freddie Mac Foundation
has made a $1 million grant to help St.C. serving children with mental
retardation and autism. General Hospital and near RFK Stadium. The Freddie Mac Foundation's support will ensure that more
families reap the full benefits of our program by bringing our services closer
to them," explained Sharon Raimo, executive director, St. Our
grant to St.C. To see renderings of the
school, visit http://www., an industry leader
in reading technology for individuals with learning or visual disabilities.cambiumlearning.

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Currently, St. Coletta 's mission and the children served.
Created by Freddie Mac in 1991, the Freddie Mac Foundation is dedicated to
opening the doors to hope and opportunity for children and their families. Kurzweil Educational Systems and Kurzweil 3000 have recently
received several industry excellence awards from organizations including the
Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), the Learning
Disabilities Association of Massachusetts (LDAM), The Heller Reports, Media
and Methods, eSchool News, District Administration, Technology + Learning and
ComputEd Gazette publications. For more company and product information,
visit http://www.

Cambium Learning, Inc.

Information, resources, organizations , and support for children with disabilities and their families.

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The D. We look forward to leveraging it to
support more students, more quickly, and to further develop technologies that
truly make a difference in students lives.com
781-276-0619

Cambium Learning is a trademark of Cambium Learning, Inc.

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Coletta's new
facility will be fully accessible, providing an excellent alternative to
helping this vulnerable population.
Founded in 1959, St. While working on the
design , Graves became paralyzed through illness and must use a wheelchair.
"Leveraging the pioneering spirit of its co-founder, Ray Kurzweil, an
innovator of pattern-recognition technologies, Kurzweil Educational Systems
has received worldwide recognition for developing products that improve the
lives of others," said Nader Darehshori, CEO and Chairman, Cambium Learning. "We share Cambium
Learning 's mission to support the struggling student and help schools meet the
demands of No Child Left Behind .

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"By bringing Kurzweil Educational Systems into our family of companies we are
able to deliver a powerful triumvirate of content, training and technology to
educators looking for more effective solutions for their special student
populations.

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With the help of this grant, St. As a charter school, St.org.

About Kurzweil Educational Systems
Kurzweil Educational Systems, founded in 1996, is the industry leader and
innovator of reading, writing and learning solutions for people with learning
disabilities, and people who are blind or visually impaired .

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As a vital, growing company prominent in assistive technologies, Kurzweil
Educational Systems is widely recognized for its innovations in reading,
writing and learning solutions for individuals with learning disabilities, and
people who are blind or visually impaired. The Cambium Learning family
of companies includes Sopris West Educational Services and Metropolitan
Teaching and Learning , who for over 26 years have established themselves as
nationally recognized leaders in education .

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Nearly 25 percent of their students are in the foster care system and an
additional 25 percent live with only one parent or an extended family member. As
one of the largest corporate funders in the Washington, DC metropolitan area,
Freddie Mac and the Freddie Mac Foundation have invested nearly $250 million
in organizations serving the community.com
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Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc.

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Coletta provides functional academics with life
skills and vocational training to children and adults with mental retardation
and autism to help them gain independence.kurzweiledu . The company provides
research-based, culturally responsive, and proven instructional materials ,
services and technology to help educators raise the achievement level of
challenged learners in grades pre-K through 12.
Contact:
Cindy Johnson
cjohnson@kurzweiledu.
Kurzweil Educational Systems is a registered trademark of, and Kurzweil
1000, Kurzweil 3000, Kurzweil 3000 LearnStation, License-to-Go and KESI
Virtual Printer are trademarks of Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc.