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For a fairly small conference, TLt 2010 has some pretty impressive keynotes.
Monday evening kicked off with Scott Leslie. Scott has been someone I’ve followed online for a number of years so it’s always a treat to be able to connect face to face. Scott’s talk on becoming a networked learner was certainly not filled with new ideas for me but a message that I know continues to be needed for many educators in this province. A couple of key ideas did resonate for me, paraphrased somewhat:
“Learning that used to be centered around proximity is not being centered around affinity”
“If you believe your institution is offering has a market on expertise what are you saying about every other place of learning”
“Institutions need to realize they are not only there to offer learning to their own students but have a larger responsibility of learning for all”
David Wiley
I had not heard David Wiley speak live. I’ve been quite aware of his work and was looking forward to hearing him.
AUSTIN – Texas' public sector workers earn 17 percent less than private employees with comparable experience and education, a new study shows.
The gap was larger than it was nationally or in six other large states studied.
Researchers didn't pinpoint why pay of state and local government workers in Texas lags further behind private-sector employees than in other large states, such as Florida and California, said University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee economist John S. Heywood, the report's co-author.
He said nationally, though, the data since 1983 show a widening gap.
"Over the last 20 years, the earnings for state and local employees have declined relative to comparable private sector employees," especially since the late 1990s, Heywood said Wednesday.
Between 2000 and 2008, the U.S. averages were 11 percent less pay for state employees than for their private-sector counterparts and 12 percent less for local government workers, he said.
Although Texas and most other states face huge budget gaps as federal stimulus money recedes and the economy recovers slowly from a deep slump, Heywood said the study suggests that even at current pay levels, governments may have problems retaining key workers.
"Now is not the time for a large-scale rollback in the compensation of state and local workers," he said.
He and a colleague did the report for the Center for State & Local Government Excellence, which tries to help governments attract talented employees, and the National Institute on Retirement Security,
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