- More on School Pension Worries
There's an interesting article today in the U-T about public educator pensions and how their costs statewide could echo city pension problems. Here were its key findings:
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- The 7 Fascinating Education Ideas of the Year
Hands down, the best part of my job is going to classrooms to see what new ideas schools are trying out in the endless quest to improve.
Here are the seven most fascinating ideas that I ran across in San Diego classrooms this year. Maybe you agree with them, maybe you don't, but they're bound to get you thinking. And if they work — or keep working — they might be worth bringing up at your local school:
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- Hotel Stays, Flights and a $400 Bottle of Wine
When San Diego County Office of Education employees flew to Boston to learn more about a company they were considering doing business with, they didn't need to worry about the bill.
The company paid for their flight to Boston. It also paid for their hotel stay. And when one of the employees, Dan Puplava, picked out a bottle of wine from Napa Valley over dinner, he wasn't really sure who paid, but believes it was either the company or its marketing company. He thought the bottle cost $400.
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