ADVISORY/Internet Education CEO Tapped to Speak on Technology's Role in Education during Joint Economic Committee's High Tech Summit.

Business Editors/Assignment Writers

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (June 7)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Who: Judith Hamilton, CEO for Internet-based education company
     Classroom Connect, will speak before the Joint Economic Committee
     this Wednesday in Washington, D.C. during the JEC's "Removing
     Barriers to the New Economy" high tech summit. Hamilton will
     represent the education technology industry in discussing the
     impact technology has on developing an educated workforce for the
     new economy.

     Classroom Connect

     Classroom Connect, Inc. (www.classroom.com), is an innovative
     Internet company that develops and markets original, Web-based
     curriculum products and professional development programs for
     K-12 education. Founded in 1994, Classroom Connect provides
     information and tools teachers need to use the Internet as an
     integral and successful aspect of daily classroom instruction.

What: Joint Economic Committee High-Tech Summit "Removing Barriers to
      the New Economy"

      This high-profile, two day event is the third in a series of
      national summits held by Congress' JEC to focus on issues
      affecting high technology and the U.S. economy. Hamilton
      will join panelists Bill Gates, Chairman Microsoft, Andy Grove,
      Chairman Intel Corporation, Carly Fiorina, President and CEO
      Hewlett-Packard Company, and Michael Eisner, Chairman The Walt
      Disney Company, as well as other technology luminaries.

When/Where: June 7, 2000, Washington, D.C., 20510.

Note to Editors: Classroom Connect is a trademark of Classroom Connect, Inc.