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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of PLATO Learning, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint John Murray,
John Buske, and Mary Jo Murphy, his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents,
each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the other) to
execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as such Director and/or
Officer, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and related amendments, if
any. The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorneys and agents, and each of
them, full power of substitution and revocation in the premises and hereby
ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents may do or cause to be
done by virtue of these presents.
Dated this 17th day of January, 2001
/s/Jack R. Borsting
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Jack R. Borsting
Director
/s/Hurdis M. Griffith
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Hurdis M. Griffith
Director
/s/John L. Krakauer
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John L. Krakauer
Director
/s/Vernon B. Lewis, Jr.
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Vernon B. Lewis
Director
/s/Dennis J. Reimer
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Dennis J. Reimer
Director
/s/William R. Roach
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William R. Roach
Director
Arthur W. Stellar
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Arthur W. Stellar
Director
