Exhibit 4.4
 $175,000,000
 CAMBIUM LEARNING GROUP, INC.
 9.75% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2017
 PURCHASE AGREEMENT
  
  Company Agreement Initial Purchasers Notes Indenture Trustee Guarantees Guarantors
 New ABL Facility Transactions
 Permitted Liens Notes Collateral ABL Collateral Collateral Security Documents Collateral Agent




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Intercreditor Agreement Administrative Agent
 Purchase and Resale of the Notes Securities
Act Preliminary Offering Memorandum Pricing Term Sheet Offering
Memorandum Pricing Disclosure Package Applicable Time
 Exempt Resales QIBs Regulation S Non-U.S. Persons Eligible Purchasers
 Registration Rights
Agreement Transfer Restricted Securities Commission Exchange Notes Exchange Guarantees Exchange Offer
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Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors
 Exchange Act
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provided
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 Free Writing Offering Document
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Material Adverse Effect
  Enforceability Exceptions Trust Indenture Act
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Transaction Documents
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pro forma pro forma pro forma pro forma
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Voyager
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Permits
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Environmental Laws
  ERISA Code Plan
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Solvent
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Money Laundering Laws
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OFAC
  Purchase of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, Agreements to Sell, Purchase and Resell
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Delivery of the Notes and Payment Therefor Closing Date
 DTC Global Notes
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Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors
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provided
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Expenses
 Conditions to Initial Purchasers Obligations
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VSS
 initial letter
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Indemnification and Contribution
 Blue Sky Application Marketing Materials provided however
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provided however provided further provided however
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Defaulting Initial Purchasers
  pro rata provided
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Termination
 Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers Expenses
 Notices, etc
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provided however
 Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement
 Survival
 Definition of the Terms Business Day, Affiliate, and Subsidiary
 Governing Law This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
 Waiver of Jury Trial
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No Fiduciary Duty
 Counterparts
 Headings
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Very truly yours,
CAMBIUM LEARNING GROUP, INC.By:Name:Title: GUARANTORS:
VSS-CAMBIUM HOLDINGS II CORP.By:
    /s/ Scott J. TroellerName:
    Scott J. TroellerTitle:
    PresidentVSS-CAMBIUM HOLDINGS, LLCBy:
    VSS-Cambium Holdings II Corp., its sole member By:
    /s/ Scott J. TroellerName:
    Scott J. TroellerTitle:
    President
 VSS-CAMBIUM HOLDINGS IV, LLCBy:
    VSS-Cambium Holdings, LLC, its sole memberBy: VSS-Cambium Holdings II Corp., its sole member By:
    /s/ Scott J. TroellerName:
    Scott J. TroellerTitle:
    President
 CAMBIUM LEARNING, INC.By:
    /s/ Ronald KlausnerName:
    Ronald KlausnerTitle:
    Chief Executive Officer  -32-




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KURZWEIL/INTELLITOOLS, INC.By:
    /s/ Ronald KlausnerName:
    Ronald KlausnerTitle:
    Chief Executive OfficerCAMBIUM EDUCATION, INC.By:
    /s/ Ronald KlausnerName:
    Ronald KlausnerTitle:
    Chief Executive OfficerLAZEL, INC.By:
    /s/ Ronald KlausnerName:
    Ronald KlausnerTitle:
    Chief Executive Officer  -33-




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Authorized Representative
 ByName:Title:By BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., as Authorized RepresentativeByName:Title:
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SCHEDULE I
 PrincipalAmount ofNotesto beInitial Purchasers
    
    PurchasedBarclays Capital Inc.
    
    $
    105,000,000BMO Capital Markets Corp.
    
    $
    70,000,000Total
    
    $
    175,000,000
  Schedule I-1




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SCHEDULE II
  
  Schedule II-1




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SCHEDULE III
 
  Schedule III-1




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SCHEDULE IV
      Schedule IV-1




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Exhibit A
 Form of Registration Rights Agreement
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Exhibit B
 [Lowenstein Sandler PC Form of Opinion]
    Transaction
Documents
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Exhibit B-2




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New York Article 9
 Financing Statements Delaware Filing Office Delaware
Article 9
 Financing Statement Colorado Filing Office Colorado Article 9
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Exhibit B-4




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Exhibit B-5




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Exhibit C
 [General Counsel of the Company Form of Opinion]
            Exhibit C-1




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Exhibit C-2