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                                                                   Exhibit 10.29

                                    AGREEMENT

     This Agreement (this "Agreement") dated as of June 23, 2003, by and among
Dr. Lynn Fontana ("Employee") and Nobel Learning Communities, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("NLCI").

                                   Background

     Employee and NLCI are parties to a certain Employment Agreement dated as of
August 9, 1999 (the "Original Employment Agreement"), pursuant to which NLCI
employed Employee as NLCI's Chief Education Officer and Vice President -
Education. Subsequent thereto, Employee and NLCI entered into a certain First
Amendment of Employment Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2000 (the "Employment
Agreement Amendment"). As used herein, the term "Employment Agreement" refers to
the Original Employment Agreement, as amended by the Employment Agreement
Amendment. Pursuant to Section 2 of the Employment Agreement, the term of
Employee's employment thereunder ended on August 8, 2002, but Employee's
employment with NLCI continued thereafter on an "at will" basis. The provisions
of Section 10 of the Employment Agreement have not been modified in any fashion,
and are currently in full force and effect.

     In connection with Employee's employment with NLCI, Employee and NLCI also
entered into a certain Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation and Confidentiality
Agreement dated as of August 9, 1999 (the "Noncompete Agreement"). The
Noncompete Agreement has not been modified in any fashion, and is currently in
full force and effect.

     Employee has expressed her intent to resign her employment with NLCI, and
to accept a position as Vice President of Education and Operations for Sylvan
Education Solutions, LLC ("Sylvan"). NLCI believes and maintains that Employee's
employment by Sylvan constitutes a breach of the Noncompete Agreement, unless
NLCI consents in writing to such employment. In consideration of certain
promises made by Employee herein, NLCI has agreed to waive certain of what NCLI
asserts are its rights under the Noncompete Agreement and the Confidentiality
Agreement, and to consent to Employee's employment by Sylvan, on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.

     Now, Therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises
contained herein, It Is Hereby Agreed by and among Employee and NLCI as follows:

     1.   Resignation as Employee. Effective as of the close of business on the
later to occur of (a) June 27, 2003; or (b) the date on which Employee has
completed the Designated Tasks (as that term is defined in Section 2 hereof)
(such later date, the "Separation Date"), Employee shall resign as NLCI's Chief
Education Officer and Executive Vice President - Education.

     2.   Scope of Duties During Transition Period. As used in this Agreement,
the term "Transition Period" shall mean that period of time commencing on the
date of this Agreement, and continuing through the Separation Date. During the
Transition Period, Employee's sole duty

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and responsibility to NLCI shall be to serve as NLCI's principal education
officer, and in addition, to complete such tasks as shall be agreed to in
writing by NLCI's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer ("NLCI's
Chairman") and Employee (the "Designated Tasks"). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Employee acknowledges that, effective as of the date of this Agreement, except
as required in connection with her duties as NLCI's principal education officer
or in order to complete the Designated Tasks, Employee no longer has the power
or authority to bind NLCI nor any of its parent corporations, subsidiaries,
affiliates or other related companies (collectively with NLCI, the "NLCI
Parties") or to assume or create any obligation or responsibility, express or
implied, on the part of any NLCI Party, or in the name of any NLCI Party, and
Employee shall not represent to any person or entity that Employee has such
power or authority.

     3.   Survival of Certain Provisions of Employment Agreement. Employee
hereby acknowledges and agrees that Sections 10, 11, 12.1, 12.2, 12.4, 12.5,
12.6 and 12.7 of the Employment Agreement are expressly meant to survive any
termination or expiration of the Employment Agreement and shall be given full
effect pursuant to their terms. Accordingly, Employee hereby reaffirms and
ratifies Employee's continuing obligations under each such provision.

     4.   Intellectual Property.

          (a)  Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that, except as expressly
set forth in Section 4(b) hereof, all rights in and to any and all inventions,
ideas, techniques, methods, developments, works, improvements and other forms of
intellectual property (including, without limitation, all matters relating to
curriculum and curriculum techniques) (collectively, the "Intellectual
Property"), whether or not patentable, which Employee (either alone or in
conjunction with others) conceived, made, obtained or reduced to product or
commenced so to do in connection with any services performed for any NLCI Party,
are and shall remain the sole property of the NLCI Parties. Employee, at NLCI's
request and expense, will at any time or times execute and deliver such foreign
and domestic patent, trademark or copyright applications, assignments and other
papers and take such other action (including, without limitation, testifying in
any legal proceedings) as NLCI considers necessary to vest, perfect, defend or
maintain the rights of such NLCI Party in and to such Intellectual Property.

          (b)  Employee hereby represents to NLCI that, for the purposes of
Section 10.1 of the Employment Agreement, the Intellectual Property developed in
connection with Employee's activities permitted under clause (a) of Section 1.2
of the Employment Agreement, and as described in the "Multimedia and Thinking
Skills Software - Product Prospectus dated March 23, 1999" and the "Multimedia
and Thinking Skills Technology - Enabling Training Applications for the 21/st/
Century" description provided by Employee to NLCI, consists solely of those
items set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof.

          (c)  Employee acknowledges and agrees that the Intellectual Property
which is solely the property of NLCI includes all inventions, techniques,
methods, concept plans and other forms of intellectual property which Employee
conceived or reduced to product or commenced so to do in connection with the
NLCI project now known as Individualized

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Academic Mastery ("IAM"), except to the extent such inventions, techniques,
methods, concept plans or other forms of intellectual property are generally
available to the public as of the date of this Agreement.

     5.   Amendment of Noncompete Agreement.

          (a)  Section 3 of the Noncompete Agreement (inclusive through clause
(d) thereof) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

     "3.  Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation

          3.1  During the period of your employment by the Company and for a
          period of one (1) year after you leave the Company's employ for any
          reason except for termination without cause you will not (directly or
          indirectly):

               (a)  own, manage, operate, control, be employed by, provide
               consulting services to or participate in any business which
               provides child care or educational services similar to those
               furnished by the Company, unless (i) such business does not have
               any location within a five (5) mile radius of any of the
               locations of the Company, or (ii) such activities have been
               agreed to by an authorized officer of the Company, in a writing
               which specifically references this Noncompete, Nonsolicitation
               and Confidentiality Agreement; or

          3.2  During the period of your employment by the Company and for a
          period of two (2) years after you leave the Company's employ for any
          reason except for termination without cause you will not (directly or
          indirectly):

               (a)  employ any person who was on the Company's payroll on the
               date of your termination of employment or one year prior to that
               date, or take any action to solicit the employment of any such
               person;

               (b)  take any action to solicit the enrollment in another child
               care center, preschool or school or provide educational services
               to any child who is enrolled at any of the locations of the
               Company on the date of your termination of employment or one year
               prior to that date; or

               (c)  direct or encourage any person to take any action which you
               are prohibited from taking under this Section 3."

          (b)  The terms and conditions of the Noncompete Agreement (as amended
by Section 5(a) hereof) shall remain in full force and effect and shall be
deemed to be incorporated

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herein by reference, and Employee hereby reaffirms and ratifies Employee's
continuing obligations under each such provision.

     6.   Additional Obligations of Employee

          (a)  (i) Employee covenants and agrees with NLCI that, for a period of
eighteen (18) months from the date of this Agreement, she shall not (directly or
indirectly) own, manage, operate, control, be employed by, provide consulting
services to, or have any ownership or financial interest in, any business
(whether or not for profit) which provides parent-paid clinical educational
services for children with mild to moderate learning disabilities (including,
without limitation, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD), Dyslexia and
Dysgraphia) (the "Restricted Services"). It is understood and agreed, however,
that for the purposes of this covenant, parent-paid clinical educational
services for children with mild to moderate learning disabilities do not fall
within the definition of Restricted Services to the extent that (A) the
provision of such educational services is by a franchisee of Sylvan's parent
company, Educate, Inc. (or one of its subsidiary entities), and (B) the
franchise agreement between Educate, Inc. (or one of its subsidiary entities)
and the franchisee neither requires nor promotes the provision of such services.
(ii) It is understood and agreed that this Section 6(a) does not restrict
Employee from being employed by, or providing consulting services to, a business
(whether or not for profit) which provides government funded clinical
educational services for children with mild to moderate learning disabilities,
provided, that Employee has no direct involvement in providing services to or
creating programs intended for students who have been diagnosed with mild to
moderate learning disabilities including, without limitation, Attention Deficit
Disorder (ADD/ADHD), Dyslexia or Dysgraphia.

          (b)  Employee covenants and agrees with NLCI that, from and after the
date hereof, she shall not, directly or indirectly, disclose or permit to be
disclosed to any person or entity (outside the employ of the Company) or to be
used for the benefit of any of the foregoing, or herself, any Confidential
Information. As used herein, the term "Confidential Information" shall include,
without limitation, all trade secrets, confidential or proprietary knowledge or
information with respect to the conduct or details of the business of any NLCI
Party including, but not limited to, lists of customers or suppliers of their
respective business, pricing strategies, business files and records, curricula,
processes, costs, designs, marketing methods or any other financial,
educational, curricular or other information about their respective business or
curricula not in the public domain. The term "Confidential Information" shall
not include any information which (i) is generally available to the public as of
the date of this Agreement, (ii) becomes generally available to the public after
the date of this Agreement, provided that such public disclosure did not result,
directly or indirectly, from any act, omission or fault of Employee, or (iii)
becomes available to Employee after the date of this Agreement on a
non-confidential basis from a source other than an NLCI Party or its
representatives, provided that such source is not bound to any NLCI Party or its
representatives by agreement, fiduciary duty or otherwise not to disclose such
information. Employee acknowledges that all Confidential Information is and
shall remain the exclusive property of the NLCI Parties.

          (c)  Employee expressly acknowledges that damages alone will be an
inadequate remedy for any breach or violation of any of the provisions of this
Section 6 and that

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the NLCI Parties, in addition to all other remedies under this Agreement, shall
be entitled as a matter of right to injunctive relief, including specific
performance, with respect to any such breach or violation, in any court of
competent jurisdiction. The remedies granted to the NLCI Parties in this Section
6(c) are cumulative and are in addition to remedies otherwise available to them
at law or in equity. If any NLCI Party is obliged to resort to the courts for
the enforcement of any such covenant, the term of such covenants will be
extended for a period of time equal to the period of such breach (such extended
period to commence on the later of (i) the date on which the original
(unextended) term of such covenants would have terminated, or (ii) the date of
the final court order (without further right of appeal) enforcing such
covenant). To the extent that any statutes providing for discovery in any action
to enforce any of the covenants or obligations of this Section 6 delay the time
in which any party may initially propound, request or serve any discovery, the
parties waive such provisions of such statutes. Employee will not seek, and
hereby waives any requirement for, the securing of posting of a bond or proving
actual damages in connection with an NLCI Party's seeking or obtaining any
injunctive or equitable relief in connection with the covenants and other
obligations under this Section 6. If, despite the foregoing waivers, a court
would nonetheless require the posting of a bond, the parties agree that a bond
in the amount of $5,000 would be a fair and reasonable amount, particularly in
light of the difficulty in quantifying what the actual loss caused by an
injunction would be.

     7.   Property of the NLCI Parties. Employee represents and warrants to NLCI
that, on or before the Separation Date, Employee shall return to NLCI's Chief
Executive Officer, or his designee, all property of any NLCI Party in Employee's
possession or control including, without limitation, all documents, records,
reports, writings, correspondence, memoranda, notes, records, plans and other
tangible materials containing Confidential Information or Intellectual Property
(and shall not retain any copies or extracts of the same), and all company keys
and credit cards. Employee agrees that all outstanding expense reports shall be
submitted to NLCI's Chief Executive Officer no later than the close of business
on June 27, 2003. NLCI will promptly pay to Employee all outstanding items
properly owed, as reflected in such expense reports.

     8.   Cooperation. Employee will cooperate with the NLCI Parties in the
defense or prosecution of all disputes with third parties. In furtherance
thereof, if requested by NLCI, upon reasonable notice, Employee will provide
written and oral evidence and testimony in any proceedings and will meet with
NLCI's attorneys or other representatives at reasonable times and places in
connection therewith. Employee will notify NCLI's General Counsel if Employee is
contacted by any third party in connection with the prosecution of any dispute
with an NCLI Party and will give NLCI the opportunity to provide legal
representation to Employee at NLCI's expense should Employee be asked to provide
written or oral evidence or testimony in connection with any such dispute. No
NLCI Party shall be required to pay further consideration to Employee for any
such cooperation and testimony; provided, however, that Employee will be
reimbursed by NLCI for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred in
connection therewith, upon timely submission of appropriate documentation
therefor.

     9.   Non-Disparagement. Employee and NLCI agree that they will not
disparage in any way the professional or personal reputation or character of
each other, including any NLCI Party, or any officers, directors, employees,
agents or representatives of any NLCI Party.

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     10.  No Re-employment. Employee releases any right or claimed right to
re-employment or reinstatement with any NLCI Party from and after the Separation
Date. Employee shall not at any time seek employment with any NLCI Party. If,
notwithstanding such covenant, Employee applies for such employment, such NLCI
Party shall be under no obligation to consider Employee's application.

     11.  NLCI Waiver and Consent. Subject to compliance with the provisions of
this Agreement by Employee, NLCI hereby consents to, and waives any objections
NLCI could assert under Section 3(a) of the Noncompete Agreement (as amended
hereby) with respect to, Employee's employment in the capacity of Vice President
of Education and Operations for Sylvan Education Solutions, LLC. By way of
clarification and not of limitation, NLCI agrees that such waiver includes any
objections it otherwise could assert against Employee attributable to the fact
that Employee provides any services to Sylvan between the date of this Agreement
and the Separation Date; provided, that such services are not provided during
Employee's work hours with NLCI; and provided further, that such services are
not otherwise prohibited by the provisions of Section 10 of the Employment
Agreement, any provision other than Section 3(a) of the Noncompete Agreement (as
amended hereby) or the provisions of Sections 4, 6, 7 or 9 of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee expressly acknowledges and agrees
that any failure by Employee to comply fully with the agreements, warranties and
covenants set forth in this Agreement shall render this Section 11 null and
void, and of no further force or effect.

     12.  Miscellaneous.

          (a)  Binding Agreement. This Agreement and the covenants contained
herein shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators.

          (b)  Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be transmitted by messenger, courier
service or mail addressed to the other party at the following addresses (or at
such other address as shall be given in writing by any party to the other
pursuant to this Section 12(b)) and shall be effective upon delivery or refusal
of delivery.

     If to NLCI, to:
                           Nobel Learning Communities, Inc.
                           1615 West Chester Pike
                           West Chester, PA  19382
                           Attn:  Chief Executive Officer

     If to Employee, to:
                           Dr. Lynn Fontana
                           17 Diamond Drive
                           Thornton, PA 19377

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          (c)  Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Each party hereto agrees that any and all actions or proceedings hereunder or
relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought only in the federal and
state courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

          (d)  Prevailing Party. Should any party default in performance of any
of the terms and conditions of this Agreement which results in a claim for
damages, specific performance or other remedy, the prevailing party in such
action suit shall be entitled to its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs and
court or arbitration costs from the nonprevailing party. For the purposes of
this Section 12(d), in any action with respect to the enforcement of a covenant
set forth in Section 6, the NLCI Parties shall be deemed to have prevailed if
any such covenant is enforced in part, even if the applicable court exercises
its discretion to limit or reduce the duration or scope thereof or enforces only
certain of such covenants.

          (e)  Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement, and the other
documents referenced herein, constitute the entire agreement among the parties
hereto relative to the subject matter of this Agreement. Any amendments to this
Agreement must be in writing, signed by Employee and a duly authorized
representative of NLCI, and must state that the parties intend to amend this
Agreement.

          (f)  Partial Invalidity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
provision of this Agreement shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

          (g)  Validity of Photocopies. Photocopies of executed originals of
this Agreement shall have the same force and effect and shall be as legally
binding and enforceable as the original.

     In Witness Whereof, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties
hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

Date:                                   /s/ Lynn Fontana
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                                        Employee:  Lynn Fontana

Date:                                   Nobel Learning Communities, Inc.
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                                        By: /s/ A.J. Clegg
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                                            Name: A. J. Clegg
                                            Title: Chairman

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                                   SCHEDULE A
                         EXCLUDED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
                               (See Section 4(b))

Thoughtful Technologies intellectual property consists of:

     1.   A patented process for teaching decision-making and problem-solving
          skills that is embodied by the MMTS software, also known as ThinkTank,
          that can be delivered via the Web, optical disc (CD-ROM, DVD, etc), or
          other electronic means. MMTS/ThinkTank is a set of patented (Patent
          No. US 6.361.362) authoring tools that are electronically based (Web,
          CD-ROM, DVD, etc.) and harness information technology to help learners
          acquire decision-making and problem-solving skills as they master
          critical content knowledge. These tools enable those creating
          innovative units for any level of any content area for school
          students, helping hospital personnel do more effective outreach, or
          meeting other diverse instructional needs to create a learning
          environment in which scaffolding for learning and thinking skills are
          integrated with examination and exploration of multimedia resources

          ThinkTank's built-in Web-enabled functions eliminate much of the
          programming associated with creating sophisticated problem-based
          learning. ThinkTank allows most development to be done by
          subject-matter experts rather than by instructional designers or
          computer programmers. It is designed to be a "power tool" for the
          eLearning market. One may interact with the Web-based versions of
          ThinkTank at www.thoughtfultech.com/SI . To access the demo, log on
          using the name demo and use demo as the password also.

     2.   A CD-ROM-based immersive instructional environment ("The Virtual
          Reporter's Office") based on a metaphor in which the learner is a
          multimedia journalist completing story assignments.

          The CD-ROM-based "Virtual Reporter Office" adds a game-like interface
          shell around the patented ThinkTank engine. This immersive environment
          is filled with rich devices the learner may manipulate and includes
          supporting instruction in use of the office. Related to this metaphor
          is the use of the phrase, "The Thoughtful Reporter." One needs a copy
          of the CD-ROM version to interact with the full "Virtual Reporter
          Office."

     3.   Five content units that use ThinkTank to deliver instruction aimed at
          secondary school students. Three are in history (The 1850s, Thomas
          Jefferson, and Slavery) and two are in science (Our Waters, Our World
          and Ralleytown: The International Year of the Bicycle Road Ralley).

     4.   Coaching/scaffolding strategies related to contextualized learning of
          content and are adaptable to the nature of the content under study.
          Coaching/scaffolding is customizable to the content studied. For
          example, customized scaffolding for thinking skills is instantiated in
          the history units above in the form of specialized scaffolding related
          to analysis of "documents." Customized scaffolding for thinking skills
          is instantiated in the listed science units in relation to the
          scientific method and the inquiry process.

     5.   Five computer-based instruction modules on specific thinking skills--
          Accuracy, Credibility, Relevance, analyzing assignments
          ("Assignments"), and putting presentations together ("Synthesis"). The
          five computer-based instructional "virtual courses" describe how to
          apply

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          thinking skills to the analysis of multimedia resources and how to
          build multimedia presentations using those skills.

     6.   The two MMTT/ThinkTank Developers Guides (4.0 and 4.0a) that specify
          techniques to be used in creating units of instruction and contain
          proprietary instructional philosophy and development techniques
          related to such creation

     7.   MMTS/ThinkTank teacher-training and support materials in both print
          and electronic form that are related to the five content units or
          referenced in the Developers Guides. These materials are aimed at
          helping teacher integrate ThinkTank units into instruction.

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                                                                   Exhibit 10.33

                              CONSULTANT AGREEMENT
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          This Consultant Agreement (as amended or supplemented from time to
time, this "Agreement") is entered into as of July 11, 2003, by and among, Nobel
Learning Communities, Inc., a Delaware corporation with an address at 1615 West
Chester Pike, West Chester, PA 19382 ("NLCI"), on the one hand, and A. J. Clegg,
an individual with an office or residence in Pennsylvania ("Consultant"), and
Tuscan Business Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation with an address at 1055
Westlakes Drive, Suite 3000, Berwyn, PA 19312 ("Tuscan"), on the other hand.

          Whereas, NLCI and Consultant are parties to a certain Employment and
Termination Agreement dated as of August, 2001 (the "Termination Agreement");
and

          Whereas, pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Termination Agreement, the
parties have agreed to enter into a consulting agreement pursuant to which
Consultant shall provide certain consulting services to NLCI and its
subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively with NLCI, the "Company"), under the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and

          Whereas, Consultant has requested, and NLCI has agreed, to assign the
provision of the consulting services to be provided to the Company to Tuscan.

          Now, Therefore, with the foregoing recitals incorporated hereinafter
by reference and in consideration of the mutual covenants and representations
contained herein, and Intending to be Legally Bound, NLCI, Consultant and Tuscan
hereby agree as follows:

1.   Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on July 11, 2003, and shall
continue through the close of business on July 10, 2008 (the "Term").

2.   Duties and Responsibilities of Consultant and Tuscan.

     3.1. Upon request of the Company, Consultant shall provide to the Company
up to ten (10) hours of consulting services each calendar month during the Term,
such services to include any matter reasonably requested by the Company from
time to time (the "Services"). The Services shall be exclusive of any services
Consultant may perform for the Company in his capacity as a member of the Board
of Directors of NLCI and shall, unless requested otherwise by the Company, be
performed at Consultant's place of business. The Services shall consist of the
actual time expended by Consultant, calculated in 1/10 hour increments, and
include only time reasonably and necessarily incurred to render the services
requested by NLCI, inclusive of any travel time requested by the Company. The
Services shall be provided on a "use or lose" basis, which means that if the
Company does not request the full amount of Services in any given month, the
Company will not be permitted to carryover such unused time to another month.
Consultant will provide the Services in accordance with all applicable laws and
regulations, and the standards and practices generally accepted in the industry
and exercised by other persons engaged in performing similar services.

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     3.2. For so long as Consultant is either employed by, or the majority
stockholder of, Tuscan, Consultant shall be permitted to assign to Tuscan
Consultant's obligations with respect to the provision of the Services;
provided, that Consultant is the sole person performing the Services, and
provided further, that Consultant and Tuscan shall be and remain jointly and
severally liable for all of Consultant's obligations under this Agreement. From
and after the earlier to occur of (a) the date on which Consultant is neither
employed by, nor the majority stockholder of, Tuscan, or (b) the end of the
Term, this Agreement shall be construed to omit all references to Tuscan.

3.   Representations of Consultant and Tuscan. Consultant and Tuscan each
represents and warrants to the Company that he or it is authorized to enter into
this Agreement and that the terms hereof are not inconsistent with or a
violation of any contractual or other legal obligation, written or otherwise, to
which Consultant or Tuscan is subject. Each of Consultant and Tuscan further
acknowledges and agrees that the terms and conditions of Section 4.1 of the
Termination Agreement remain in full force and effect and are deemed to be
incorporated by reference. Consultant hereby reaffirms and ratifies his
continuing obligations under Section 4.1 of the Termination Agreement, and
Tuscan hereby consents and agrees to be bound thereby.

4.   Nondisclosure of Confidential Information

     3.3. During the Term and at all times thereafter, neither Consultant nor
Tuscan shall (unless authorized to do so by NLCI's Board of Directors, or any
committee thereof, or by a duly authorized officer of NLCI), directly or
indirectly, disclose or permit to be known to, or used for the benefit of, any
person or entity, any "Confidential Information"; provided, however, that
Consultant may disclose Confidential Information solely for the limited purpose
of enabling him to discharge his duties to NLCI and its stockholders, and Tuscan
may disclose Confidential Information solely for the limited purpose of enabling
it to perform the Services.

     3.4. As used in this Agreement, the term "Confidential Information" shall
include, but not be limited to, all trade secrets, confidential or proprietary
knowledge or information with respect to the conduct or details of the Company's
businesses including, but not limited to, lists of customers or suppliers of the
Company's businesses, pricing strategies, budgets, business files and records,
trade secrets, curricula, processes, costs, designs, marketing methods,
strategies or any other financial, educational, curricular or other information
about the Company's businesses or curricula not in the public domain.
Confidential Information shall not include any information which (i) is
generally available to the public as of the date hereof, (ii) becomes generally
available to the public after the date hereof, provided that such public
disclosure did not result, directly or indirectly, from any act, omission or
fault of Consultant or Tuscan, or any of Consultant's family members, or any of
Consultant's or Tuscan's respective employees, agents or representatives, or
(iii) becomes available to Consultant or Tuscan, after the expiration of this
Agreement, on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, or
any of its agents, provided that such source is not bound to the Company or its
representatives by agreement, fiduciary duty or otherwise not to disclose such
information.

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     3.5. All Confidential Information shall be the exclusive property of NLCI,
and Consultant and Tuscan shall use their respective best efforts to prevent any
publication or disclosure thereof. All correspondence, memoranda, notes,
records, reports, plans and other papers and items delivered to Consultant or
Tuscan by the Company, or prepared by Consultant or Tuscan in connection with
the performance of the Services, shall also be the exclusive property of the
Company. Upon expiration of this Agreement (or at any earlier time upon request
of a duly authorized officer of NLCI), Consultant and Tuscan shall immediately
return to NLCI all of the Company's property (whether in written, electronic or
other form) then in Consultant's or Tuscan's possession or control, and will not
retain any copies, extracts or notations of the same.

5.   Independent Contractor

     5.1. Consultant and Tuscan each acknowledges that they are independent
contractors with respect to the Company, and that nothing herein shall be
construed to create a partnership, joint venture, employment or similar
relationship between or among Consultant or Tuscan, on the one hand, and the
Company, on the other hand, or to constitute Consultant or Tuscan as an employee
of the Company. Accordingly, each of Consultant and Tuscan acknowledges that
they shall not be entitled to participate in any of the Company's employee
benefit plans or receive any other compensation or benefits beyond that
expressly stated in this Agreement or the Termination Agreement, and that any
taxes that may be due and payable as a result of any compensation or benefits
provided pursuant to Section 6 shall be entirely the responsibility of
Consultant or Tuscan, as applicable.

     5.2. Each of Consultant and Tuscan understands that, since they are
independent contractors with respect to the Company, any personal injury or
property damage suffered by Consultant or Tuscan, or any of Consultant's or
Tuscan's employees or agents in the course of carrying out any duties under this
Agreement shall be the sole responsibility of Consultant and Tuscan.

     5.3. Each of Consultant and Tuscan further agrees that neither of them has
the power or authority to bind the Company or to assume or create any obligation
or responsibility, express or implied, on the Company's part or in the Company's
name (except as a duly authorized officer of NLCI may hereinafter expressly
agree in writing or as may be directed by NLCI's Board of Directors from time to
time), and neither Consultant nor Tuscan shall represent to any person or entity
that Consultant or Tuscan has such power or authority.

6.   Compensation. As compensation and consideration of the performance of the
Services, NLCI shall provide to Consultant and Tuscan, and Consultant and Tuscan
will accept, the benefits and compensation set forth in this Section 6, and no
more:

     6.1. NLCI shall pay to Tuscan, during each year of the Term, the gross
amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000), payable monthly on a pro
rated basis within 30 days of the last day of each calendar month; provided,
that such amounts shall be paid to Consultant in lieu of Tuscan with respect to
any periods during which Consultant is neither employed by, nor

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the majority stockholder of, Tuscan. If requested by NLCI, Tuscan or Consultant
shall provide NLCI with an invoice detailing the Services provided in any given
month.

     6.2. NLCI shall provide, at NLCI's cost, family health insurance coverage
to Consultant (or, in the event of his death, his legal spouse) under a
Company-sponsored group health insurance plan, for the remainder of Consultant's
life (or, in the event Consultant predeceases his legal spouse, for the duration
of his legal spouse's life). Such coverage shall be provided on the same basis
that family health insurance coverage was provided to Consultant and his
dependents by NLCI as of Consultant's last day of employment with NLCI.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that NLCI determines that it is
unable under its then-current group health to provide such family health
insurance coverage to Consultant (or, in the event of his death, his legal
spouse), NLCI shall so notify Consultant (or, in the event of his death, his
legal spouse), and, upon timely submission to NLCI by Consultant (or, in the
event of his death, his legal spouse) of appropriate invoices therefor,
reimburse Consultant (or, in the event of his death, his legal spouse) for the
actual cost incurred by Consultant to obtain similar health insurance coverage;
provided, however, that in no event shall NLCI be required to pay in excess of
Twenty-Four Thousand Dollars ($24,000) per year therefor. As to any individuals
(other than Consultant's legal spouse) who were Consultant's legal dependents as
of Consultant's last day of employment with NLCI, the foregoing obligations
shall cease as of the date that any such individual is no longer Consultant's
legal dependent, and Consultant (or in the event of his death, his legal spouse)
shall promptly notify NLCI of any such change in legal dependency. For tax
purposes, the benefits provided pursuant to this Section 6.2 shall be deemed to
be provided to Consultant (or in the event of his death, his legal spouse), and
not to Tuscan. Consultant hereby agrees that within thirty (30) days of the
execution of this Agreement, he shall make arrangements for NLCI to be notified
within thirty (30) days of the later to occur of his death or the death of his
legal spouse.

     6.3. NLCI shall provide Consultant with two full, annual scholarships per
year to the Company school of Consultant's choosing, to be used as directed by
Consultant in writing, for the life of Consultant. For tax purposes, the
benefits provided pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall be deemed to be provided to
Consultant, and not to Tuscan.

     6.4. NLCI will reimburse Consultant or Tuscan, as applicable, for all
reasonable out-of-pocket business expenses incurred in connection with the
Services, in accordance with the provisions of Schedule A attached hereto and
made a part hereof, upon timely submission by Consultant or Tuscan of
appropriate supporting documentation therefor, setting forth in detail the
nature and amount of each such expense for which reimbursement is requested;
provided, however, that any expense exceeding $250.00 must be pre-approved by a
duly authorized officer of NLCI in writing. NLCI shall not be required to
reimburse Consultant or Tuscan for any such expenses unless an invoice therefor
is delivered to NLCI within 45 days of the date such expense was incurred.

7.   Indemnification. Consultant and Tuscan, jointly and severally, shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless NLCI and any of its parent companies,
subsidiaries or affiliates, and their respective employees, agents, consultants,
affiliates, officers, directors and stockholders, from

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and against any and all claims, suits, actions, legal proceedings, losses,
damages, fines, demands, liabilities, costs and expenses, and all costs of
investigation and defense including reasonable attorneys' fees, disbursements
and court costs and all costs of enforcing the rights of indemnification
provided under this Section 7 which arise out of, relate to, result from or
occur by reason of (a) Consultant's or Tuscan's breach of this Agreement; (b)
any fraud in connection with this Agreement or the provision of the Services; or
(c) any gross negligence or gross malfeasance in connection with the performance
of the Services. The provisions of this Section 7 shall survive any termination
or expiration of this Agreement.

8.   Work for Hire. All rights in and to any and all inventions, ideas,
techniques, methods, developments, works, improvements and other forms of
intellectual property ("Intellectual Property"), whether or not patentable,
which Consultant or Tuscan (either alone or in conjunction with others)
conceives, makes, obtains or reduces to product or practice or commences so to
do in connection with the provision of the Services, are and shall be the sole
and absolute property of NLCI, as "work made for hire". The foregoing shall not
apply to Intellectual Property unrelated to any subject matter of actual or
potential concern or interest to the Company which is not conceived, made,
obtained or reduced to product or practice in the course of Consultant's or
Tuscan's provision of the Services or with the use of the time, material or
facilities of the Company. Consultant and Tuscan will each make full and prompt
disclosure to NLCI of all Intellectual Property and, at NLCI's request and
expense but without additional compensation to Consultant or Tuscan, will at any
time or times execute and deliver such foreign and domestic patent, trademark or
copyright applications, assignments and other papers and take such other action
(including, without limitation, testifying in any legal proceedings) as NLCI
considers necessary to vest, perfect, defend or maintain NLCI's rights in and to
such Intellectual Property.

9.   Arbitration. NLCI, on the one hand, and Consultant and Tuscan, on the other
hand, will attempt amicably to resolve disagreements and disputes hereunder or
in connection with the Services by negotiation. If the matter is not amicably
resolved through negotiation, within thirty (30) days after written notice from
any party, any controversy, dispute or disagreement arising out of or relating
to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, will be subject to exclusive, final
and binding arbitration, which will be conducted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes
of the American Arbitration Association. Any party may bring a court action to
compel arbitration under this Agreement or to enforce an arbitration award.

10.  Notices. Any notice or other communication given under this Agreement shall
be in writing and shall be valid and sufficient if delivered personally or
transmitted by overnight courier service or first class certified mail postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed (in the case of NLCI), to the
address set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement, to the attention of
its Chief Executive Officer, with a copy, at the same address, to the attention
of its General Counsel, and (in the case of Consultant and/or Tuscan), to such
address as indicated in the records of NLCI as of the date of this Agreement, or
to such other address as any of such parties may subsequently designate by like
notice.

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11.  Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Termination Agreement collectively
contain all the understandings and representations between the parties
pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersede all other undertakings and
agreements, whether oral or in writing, previously entered into by them.

12.  Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed a contract made under, and
for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
Delaware applicable to contracts to be performed entirely within such state.
Service of process on the parties hereto at the addresses provided in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10 shall be deemed adequate service of such
process.

13.  Amendment, Modification and Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be
amended or modified unless such amendment or modification is agreed to in
writing and signed by Consultant and by a duly authorized officer of NLCI.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, no waiver by any
party of any breach by another party of any condition or provision of this
Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of a
similar or dissimilar provision or condition at the same or any prior or
subsequent time, nor shall the failure or delay by any party in exercising any
right, power or privilege hereunder operate as a waiver thereof to preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power
or privilege.

14.  Construction of Agreement. The descriptive headings of the Sections of this
Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or
construction of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

15.  Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be held by a court or
arbitration panel of competent jurisdiction to be enforceable only if modified,
such holding shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Agreement,
the balance of which shall continue to be binding upon the parties with any such
modification to become a part hereof and treated as though originally set forth
in this Agreement. The parties further agree that any such court or arbitration
panel is expressly authorized to modify any such unenforceable provision of this
Agreement in lieu of severing such unenforceable provision from this Agreement
in its entirety, whether by rewriting the offending provision, deleting any or
all of the offending provision, adding additional language to this Agreement, or
by making such other modifications as it deems warranted to carry out the intent
and agreement of the parties as embodied herein to the maximum extent permitted
by law. The parties expressly agree that this Agreement as so modified by the
court or arbitration panel shall be binding upon and enforceable against each of
them. In any event, should one or more of the provisions of this Agreement be
held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions hereof, and
if such provision or provisions are not modified as provided above, this
Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions had never been set forth herein.

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16.  Survivorship. The respective rights and obligations of the parties
hereunder shall survive any termination of this Agreement to the extent
necessary to the expressly intended preservation of such rights and remedies.

17.  Assignment. This Agreement is a personal services contract, and
accordingly, except as expressly set forth in Section 3.2, neither Consultant
nor Tuscan may assign this Agreement or any rights hereunder, or delegate his or
its respective duties hereunder. NLCI may not assign this Agreement, except to
any of its parent companies, subsidiaries or affiliates, or to any successor to
all or substantially all of its business or assets.

18.  Signatories. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which,
when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of
which, when joined, shall together constitute one and the same agreement. Any
photocopy or facsimile of this Agreement, or of any counterpart, shall be deemed
the equivalent of an original.

     In Witness Whereof, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first written above.

Nobel Learning Communities, Inc.

By: /s/  George Bernstein               /s/ A.J. Clegg
    ---------------------------------   ----------------------------------------
    Name: George Bernstein              A.J. Clegg
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

Tuscan Business Solutions, Inc.

By: /s/  A.J. Clegg
    ---------------------------------
    Name: A.J. Clegg
    Title: Chairman and CEO

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                                   SCHEDULE A
                    GUIDELINES FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES

     NLCI will pay the reasonable out-of-pocket cost of the following expense
items:

  .  Identified long-distance telephone calls, overnight or expedited delivery,
     couriers, photocopying (not more than 10CENTS/page, with outsourcing
     required to be considered for all projects over 100 pages or 10 sets of
     copies), and other expenses approved in advance by NLCI or as listed below.

  .  Use of expedited or emergency services, such as express delivery services,
     couriers, overtime, and so on, will be reimbursed only when absolutely
     necessary because of unexpected developments or extremely short deadlines.

  .  Billing for photocopies must include the number of copies for which charges
     are incurred as well as a description of the documents copied. Charges for
     long-distance telephone calls must be specific as to date of call, caller,
     receiver, and number of minutes.

  .  Travel expenses within the West Chester/Philadelphia metropolitan area will
     not be reimbursed. Travel outside of the West Chester/Philadelphia
     metropolitan area may only be reimbursed if the travel was approved in
     advance by NLCI.

  .  Reimbursement of expenses for approved travel will be in accordance with
     NLCI's travel policies (which include medium priced accommodations, and
     advance booking reservations whenever possible to take advantage of the
     lowest available fares).

  .  Travel expenses must be itemized separately to indicate airfare, lodging,
     meals, taxis and other expenses, and must include an explanation of the
     purpose of the travel. Actual meal allowances while traveling must not
     exceed $40 per day. Gratuities will be reimbursed up to only the accepted
     "normal" rate of 15%. Rental car expenses, where necessary, should not be
     in excess of those for a mid-size car, and shall not include additional
     insurance.

     The following expenses will in no event be reimbursable, unless
specifically agreed to in advance in a writing signed by NLCI:

  .  Charges for overhead items, such as fixed costs associated with computers,
     fax machines and other equipment, office supplies, routine postage, local
     telephone charges, utilities, charges for incoming or outgoing facsimile
     transmissions, refreshments during meetings, personal expenses, cell phone
     charges, expenses that benefitted other clients, and any other expense that
     is either unreasonable or unnecessary.

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  .  Fees and expenses for overtime support staff, proofreading, transportation
     and meals (unless in accordance with the guidelines for traveling), time
     spent reviewing or analyzing conflict issues, internal status reviews, or
     other administrative activities.

  .  Secretarial and clerical work including receipt and distribution of mail;
     new file set up; maintenance of calendars; scheduling; making travel
     arrangements; copying, faxing, collating or velobinding; opening, closing,
     organizing, computerizing or maintaining files; organizing or indexing
     documents; and assembling materials.

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