#hard math

[zazorok]

[stevemaclellan]

‘Bait and Switch’: Doug Ford’s New Numbers On Special Education Staff Funding Are Not Adding Up

Education Minister Stephen Lecce claims special education will be fully-funded. Support staff workers say his numbers don’t add up.

Doug Ford’s government would have Ontarians believe it is making concessions on funding for special education support to secure a deal — but those involved in negotiations say the Ford government’s math doesn’t add up.

According to the government’s press release:

The Supports for Students Fund will provide a total of $148 million, an amount equivalent to the remaining amount of the previously negotiated Local Priorities Fund, in the last round of bargaining.

During the press conference, Lecce insisted “the fund is consistent with the local priorities fund established during the last round of bargaining” and “reflects the voluntary agreement signed by CUPE and EWAO.”

“Protecting frontline services such as special education workers, educational assistance, youth and child workers as well,” Lecce added.

Except the $148 million in “total” funding Lecce announced appears to be nearly a hundred million dollars lower than had been previously committed to.

[magnetzones]

Teacher: *some weird math problem that no one except mathematicians will understand*

Me: yea okay cool but does this help me handle my life when I live on my own?

[notathoughtexperiment]

Science is using Alan Turing's genius algorithms to crack your brain up.

We always knew the phenomenon existed in a host of perceptual and cognitive tasks—quick decisions save time but tend to be inaccurate, whereas taking time leads to higher accuracy but can be inefficient.” The model of Turing’s algorithm, Gold says, “makes a nice prediction for how the brain might deal with the speed-accuracy tradeoff.

I like that. The "speed-accuracy tradeoff". It's a thing now, guys. Says science.

[kit-quotes-blog]

"What’s half of 28?"

- Kit

Math is hard.

[canyoujustnotexist]

Imagine trying to do math with Roman numerals All the work

[bunnybrow]

I'm starting to get really sad that I have no time for art