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, Gregory J. Melsen
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 29th 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/Arthur W. Stellar
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Arthur W. Stellar
Director