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Apangea Learning Announces Record-breaking First Quarter

PITTSBURGH, April 16 PRNewswire — Apangea Learning, a leading provider of cost-effective differentiated math instruction, announced a record-breaking first quarter for the 2008 fiscal year. The company signed 79 contracts, consisting of new customer acquisitions and current customer renewals.

Apangea Learning SmartHelp is now being implemented in 29 states across the United States and the District of Columbia, representing a 25 percent increase in state penetration over the past three months. New customers utilizing SmartHelp include: Arlington Public Schools (VA), Augusta County School (VA), DC Public Schools (DC), Chicago Public Schools (IL), Huntsville City Schools (AL) and Pomona Unified School District (CA).

Additionally, Apangea Learning achieved a 100 percent renewal rate for its current customers whose contracts were up for renewal during the first quarter of 2008.

"SmartHelp has been instrumental in helping thousands of students to not only learn and comprehend math, but also achieve academic success when taking state assessment exams," explained Louis Piconi, Apangea Learning's CEO and Co-founder. "Much of our new growth this quarter can be attributed to our current customers sharing their success with other school districts. With a 100 percent renewal rate, this is a great testament to SmartHelp's ability to serve the learning needs of all our customers."

About Apangea Learning: Apangea Learning is setting a new standard in the way students learn. The company's groundbreaking SmartHelp tutoring solution enables students to dramatically improve achievement, at the most cost- effective price. SmartHelp provides differentiated math instruction for every student via a multi-tiered escalation model that integrates its intelligent tutoring system and live one-on-one human tutors. It utilizes innovative Web- based technology that engages students and teaches essential problem-solving skills. Apangea Learning's solutions are based on one of the world's largest bodies of cognitive research and are aligned to both the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and with individual state math standards. Visit Apangea Learning on the Web at www.apangealearning.com.

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