As regular readers of this blog know, I think the 2005 UFT contract was a disaster. One reason why is the short-sighted absent-teacher reserve, or ATR plan. Mr. Klein and Ms. Weingarten agreed that teachers who were displaced would no longer be guaranteed employment in the city. Both were well-aware of the city policy to close schools on a fairly regular basis.
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This course begins a demonstration and examination of various concepts of basic algebra. It assists in building skills for performing specific mathematical operations and problem solving. These concepts and skills serve as a foundation for subsequent quantitative business coursework. Applications to real-world problems are emphasized throughout the course. Specific applications to disciplines such as statistics, accounting, finance, and economics are demonstrated and discussed. A variety of other applications, such as geometry, personal finance, science, and engineering, are also presented. This course is the first half of the college algebra sequence, which is completed in MTH 209, College Mathematics II.Topics and Objectives include: Properties of the Real Number System, Linear Equations and Inequalities, Applications of Algebra and Problem Solving, Graphing Linear Equations, and System of Linear Equations. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Mathematics, Online, Phoenix, UniversityAn article in Locus Online is a concise explanation of Creative Commons and of the expanding copyright creative paralysis that led to the need for CC. Think of this question: why can’t we remix Mickey Mouse and other aging Disney properties when, as Doctorow writes: “think of how Walt Disney was able to adapt works by Lewis Carroll and Washington Irving without permission or payment” ?
Now developing is a division of Creative Commons called ccLearn whose mission of relevance to the ideas of Golden Swamp is: to minimize barriers to sharing and reuse of educational materials, legal barriers, technical barriers, and social barriers.
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