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The Miller Grove boys team will play its second nationally televised game of the season when it meets Neal F. Simeon High of Chicago on Saturday as part of the Cancer Research Classic in Wheeling, W.V.

The game, which begins at 8 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN2, is one of seven to be played over two days, beginning on Friday with Wheeling Central Catholic taking on Central Catholic of Pittsburgh.

Simeon (12-0), which is ranked No. 1 nationally by ESPN, is the two-time defending Illinois Class AAAA champion and has won four state titles in six seasons. Simeon is lead by Steve Taylor, a 6-foot-7 forward who has signed with Marquette, and Jabari Parker, a 6-8 junior forward who is rated by Scout and ESPN as the nation’s top underclassman.

Miller Grove, the three-time defending champion in Georgia’s Class AAAA, was ranked No. 2 in the nation after a 6-0 start but has fallen to No. 34 after four consecutive losses to out-of-state competition. The Wolverines lost to Oak Hill Academy (Va.) 82-78 on Dec. 15 in a game televised by ESPN. Mil

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Last week an email passed though my inbox that said something like “my district is buying the latest shiny new computing gadget. What software should I get to teach computer science on it?” OK now I am a software guy and biased towards software but this question seems all wrong to me. I’ve always believed that first you figure out what software you need to solve your problem (or teach your course) and then you find the operating system and hardware that software runs on. As I Tweeted last night “Asking what software should I buy for my computer is like asking what kind of car should I buy for my tires.”

What far too many people, and unfortunately far too many people spending scarce educational technology dollars, are doing is finding some hardware and in effect saying “this is magic – let’s find some problems that it solves!” Now 38 years of using computers has taught me that once you have a computer and some software you will find all sorts of solutions to all sorts of problems many of which you didn’t know you had. But that is not the

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Connecticut Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor has selected the director of a New Haven scholarship program to join his state agency as part of its reorganization.

The New Haven Register reports that New Haven Promise director Emily Byrne’s last day in her current job is Friday. She’s joining Pryor’s staff to work with him on legislation, communication, policies and other projects.

New Haven Promise plans to launch a national search for a new director.

That program helps eligible city school graduates attend Connecticut colleges and universities. Yale pays their partial or full tuition, and the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven covers the program’s administrative costs.

Byrne is credited with playing a major role in developing the program.

Byrne’s move to the state was first reported by the New Haven Independent.

THE END OF COLLEGE ADMISSIONS AS WE KNOW IT

If you want to buy shares of stock, bid on antiques, search for a job, or look for Mr. Right in 2011, you will likely go to a marketplace driven by the electronic exchange of information. There will be quick, flexible transactions, broad access to buyers and sellers, and powerful algorithms that efficiently match supply and demand. If you are a student looking for a college or a college looking for a student, by contrast, you’re stuck with an archaic, over-complicated, under-managed system that still relies on things like bus trips to airport convention centers and the physical transmission of pieces of paper. That’s why under-matching is so pervasive. The higher education market only works for students who have the resources to overcome its terrible inefficiency. Everyone else is out of luck. Kevin Carey writes in Washington Monthly that all that is about to change and everything we know about college admissions is about to go out the window

By S. Thomas Coleman
For the AJC

Well, it has happened. For the first time ever, all four teams competing in next week’s Class A semifinals (Eagle’s Landing Christian, Landmark Christian, Prince Avenue Christian and Savannah Christian) are private schools a seismic shift in the wrong direction to some.

Here’s a look at how each made it to Game 14:

Savannah Christian 22, Lincoln County 14. The Raiders (13-0) got 131 yards on 10 carries from senior Nardo Govan, including a game-clinching 47-yard touchdown run on third-and-24 with 45 seconds left in regulation. It was Savannah Christian’s toughest game of the season by far. The Raiders’ next closest shave was a 41-17 squeaker over Effingham County of Class AAAA, back on Sept. 16. They will face Prince Avenue Christian next week. It will be the third consecutive semifinal appearance for the Raiders.

Prince Avenue Christian 20, Bremen 15. The Wolverines advanced to the semifinals for the first time in school history on the strength of two fourth-quarter field goals by Adam Hayden. His 29-ya

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