Education Media S-1/A IPO registration (amended)

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have issued our report dated November 27, 2007, accompanying the financial statements of Education Media, Inc. (a corporation in the development stage) contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. We consent to the use of the aforementioned report in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption “Experts”.

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

Baltimore, MD

January 30, 2008