"Our school districts find blendedschools."

In California, The University of California College Prep Online (UCCP)
provides 23 advanced placement courses online through Blackboard software
to K-12 schools, in 56 counties across the state. Founded in
1997, Blackboard enables educational innovations everywhere by connecting
people and technology. Beginning in March 2005,
TruGreen ChemLawn will donate $5 from the cost of each program
participant's lawn care application to Michigan schools.

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net, a non-profit organization based in Pennsylvania,
provides advanced placement and gifted and talented online course material
to more than 100 school districts across the state.

SME Education Foundation and Project Lead The Way(R) Agree to Pilot Summer Program

Contact:
Barbara Gaston, SME-EF (734) 416-9215, bgaston0671@wowway.

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Many schools rely on the learning
management platform from Blackboard Inc. This academic year UCCP
enrolled 1,119 students in AP courses. (NASDAQ: BBBB) is a leading provider of enterprise software
applications and related services to the education industry. Everywhere.com
Niel Tebbano, PLTW (518) 877-6491 ntebbano@pltw.

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net's online courses delivered in
our robust Blackboard Academic Suite to be an inexpensive, powerful
tool for expanding learning opportunities for students," said Jed
Friedrichsen, Chief Administrative Officer. "Thousands of gifted, talented
and AP students across Pennsylvania are now logging in to take courses
otherwise not available to them.

Blackboard
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more information on the America's Schools Program visit their Web site
at www.

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Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and
prospects for Blackboard and other statements containing the words
"believes ," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar
expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
PLTW will develop four introductory units designed for middle school
students that will be added to their current Gateway to Technology(TM) program
setting. They will also provide instructional
assistance and summer program teachers at the pilot sites and provide
coordination of the pilot implementation sites for consistency and quality
assurance. The STEPS (Science, Technology and Engineering Preview Summer) camp
offered by the SME Education Foundation since 1997, has involved more than
4,000 students in five states.sme.

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PRIME EXAMPLES

BlendedSchools. The program has grown considerably since the first
class was offered in 1982. Available courses range
from AP Physics to Creative Writing Honors.
These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing
the Company's views as of any date subsequent to March 1, 2006.
Both organizations will collaborate to develop a "Summer Educational
Program Implementation Guidebook," marketing and public relations materials to
be distributed to schools, and an evaluation of the efficacy and effectiveness
of the implementation of the program.

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Web site: http://www.

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Actual results may
differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
as a result of various important factors, including the factors discussed
in the "Risk Factors " section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed on February 15, 2006 with the SEC. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and
developments will cause the Company's views to change.

America's Schools Partners with TruGreen and Michigan School Board Association

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Using Blackboard to extend the classroom and education
experience is exactly what we had in mind when we founded the company --
it's very satisfying to see this vision coming to fruition at academic
institutions all over the country. Specific locations for the 2006 summer programs will be
announced at a later date.

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(NASDAQ: BBBB) to offer advanced
placement and gifted and talented programs, which they might otherwise not
be able to provide."

About Blackboard

Blackboard Inc. DEARBORN, Mich.
SME-EF will provide financial support in the form of a $50,000 grant to
PLTW for curriculum development and up to $75,000 to support three pilot
programs.

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Advanced placement courses offered through Web -enhanced and
distance education programs provide a multitude of benefits to students,
teachers and communities overall., The SME Education Foundation
(SME-EF), one of the nation's leading non -profit organizations dedicated to
advancing manufacturing education and Project Lead The Way(R) (PLTW), a not-
for-profit organization that promotes pre-engineering courses for middle and
high school students, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a
framework for the development of a relevant, hands-on summer educational
program in manufacturing, engineering, science and technology in three markets
-- each located in the greater areas of Rochester, NY, and Los Angeles and San
Diego , Calif.

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However, while the
Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point
in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.

Business Editors /Education Editors

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Duke University in North Carolina has a similar initiative called the
Talent Identification e-Studies Program offered through Blackboard
software .

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, with offices in North America, Europe and Asia.----The America's
Schools Program has formed an exciting partnership with the Michigan
Association of School Boards and TruGreen ChemLawn to support K-12
educational and extra-curricular programs.4 million residential and commercial customers with lawn care, tree
and shrub care, landscaping, and consumer products.

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"We receive regular positive feedback from the schools and students using
the courses," said Curt Anderson, Director of Strategic Partnerships at
UCCP. It's an example of how online learning can really make a
difference . With two product suites, the Blackboard Academic
Suite and the Blackboard Commerce Suite, Blackboard is used by
millions of people at academic institutions around the globe, including
colleges, universities , K-12 schools and other education providers, as well
as textbook publishers and student-focused merchants that serve education
providers and their students. With over 200 locations in the United States, we serve
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Benefits include:

-- reaching students in rural districts where schools' resources and
staff are limited;
-- access to AP courses for home-schooled students;
-- saving families hundreds of dollars off college tuition;
-- helping high school students get a head start in college by
introducing them to higher level course work. "Many of the students who take our AP courses do so because they live
in remote areas or in poor school districts where these courses are not
available. PLTW will provide previously trained instructors in middle school
learning environments meeting their standards, and make initial contacts to
prospective summer pilot schools .

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In addition, the forward-looking
statements included in this press release represent the Company 's views as
of March 1, 2006.
TruGreen ChemLawn is the largest lawn and landscape care company
in the world.

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Duke launched the first full offering of the program last fall in
which 137 students enrolled from across 20 states and one student from
China.

"We applaud the schools and colleges which are leveraging their investments
in technology to provide the best educational opportunities possible to
students," said Michael Chasen, President and CEO of Blackboard. TruGreen ChemLawn is proud to be
associated with the Michigan Association of School Boards and the
America's Schools Program and appreciates the opportunity to support
the communities where our employees work and play . They will also work to engage the support of the local chapters of
the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).org

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With President Bush's recent State of the Union announcement of the
American Competitiveness Initiative, calling for strengthening math and
science education , and significant expansion of advanced placement
programs, schools have more reasons now than ever before to implement such
initiatives. Innovate.

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BbWorld 2006 -- As K-12 schools around the
nation strive to meet the needs of all students, technology is proving a
critical tool for providing a wide variety of classes and programs, of
various levels and subject matter. 550 students signed up for LearningLinks classes
in fall 2005, a 31% increase from one year before. Blackboard is headquartered in Washington,
D.

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PRESS RELEASE Schools Embrace Blackboard for Advanced Placement and Gifted and Talented Programs

The America's Schools Program is a non-profit organization.

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Blackboard is currently hosting BbWorld 2006, its 8th
annual users conference in San Diego, where more than 1400 people from
academia and K-12 schools are gathering for this year 's event."

LearningLinks, the online, distance-learning program offered by The Center
for Talent Development at Northwestern University in Illinois, allows
gifted students from Kalamazoo to Kazakhstan to take online courses via
Blackboard software. "We all
realize that learning doesn't start and stop when students enter a
classroom.org

PLTW has pre-engineering curriculum programs in over 1,400 middle and high
schools in 45 states and is growing rapidly through a demonstrated track
record of having students developing an interest in engineering as a career
choice. SME -EF and PLTW will also endeavor to
engage their affiliates in industry, business and higher education in the
collaborative model.