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Since then it has hosted professional soccer games, cricket matches, high school football, Stanford's annual spring game and the occasional 49ers practice.
Thomas accepted a $16,332 check from Varsity Gold, a fund-raising company that solicited and matched donations from rival high schools.
Reforming the U.S. public education system to make it less like a factory processing future workers, and focusing instead on creating a nation of thinkers, might seem counterintuitive to matching up high school and college grads with scarcely available jobs.
Although the nation as a whole still has a long way to go to match high-performing school systems abroad, states that have toughened their teacher evaluations and standards have shown positive results.
So in 1998, Ms. Henderson wrote a business plan for LevelEdge, a start-up that would use computer technology to match promising high school and junior college athletes with four-year colleges and universities.
The program matches urban high school students with summer internships on nature preserves across the country.
Q. Students are matched to high schools using an algorithm designed by the city.
What: The eighth Florida vs. USA Hardwood Classic, matching 10 Florida high school standouts against a 10-player Team USA squad.
