EXHIBIT 32

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of WRC Media Inc. and its
subsidiaries and Weekly Reader Corporation and its subsidiaries for the period
ended June 30, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the
date hereof (the "Report"), each of the undersigned in his capacity as an
officer of the registrant, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

          (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a)
               or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
               material respects, the financial condition, results of operations
               and cash flows of the Company for the periods presented in the
               report.


Date:    August 13, 2004



/s/ Martin E. Kenney, Jr.
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Martin E. Kenney, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer, WRC Media Inc.
and CompassLearning, Inc. and EVP, Weekly Reader Corporation


/s/ Richard Nota
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Richard Nota
Senior Vice President-Finance and Principal Financial Officer
WRC Media Inc. and Weekly Reader Corporation





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