EXHIBIT 24.01

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, a Director of PLATO Learning, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint John Murray, John M. 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, 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 16th day of January, 2003


/s/ Joseph E. Duffy
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Joseph E. Duffy
Director

/s/ Ruth L. Greenstein
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Ruth L. Greenstein
Director

/s/ Thomas G. Hudson
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Thomas G. Hudson
Director

/s/ John L. Krakauer
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John L. Krakauer
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

/s/ Arthur W. Stellar
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Arthur W. Stellar
Director