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== Saxon math ==

== Saxon math ==

In a Biden presidency, the teacher's unions will be in driver's seat and we can expect a lot more "anti-racist education." ''[https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/11/k12_why_john_saxon_is_the_brightest_star_in_math_education.html American Thinker]'' has an enthusiastic report on Saxon math, a popular sequence of homeschooling classes. Saxon got a frontpage ''National Review'' story back in the 1980s. ''AT'' recommends the pre-2007 editions. On Amazon, I didn't find any new ones for sale, aside from a couple of workbooks. The ''[https://nypost.com/2020/03/16/how-to-home-school-your-kids-like-a-pro-during-coronavirus-quarantine/ New York Post]'' also recommends Saxon. [https://www.hillsdale.net/news/20180726/students-to-get-new-math-texbooks Here] is a story about a school that switched from Saxon to another brand. The teachers complained that Saxon is repetitious. But is that really a flaw? The teacher can always adjust the pace and not every student needs to cover every problem. [https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED365728 Here] is a 1993 study that found that the Saxon method was effective. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 09:05, 27 November 2020 (EST)

In a Biden presidency, the teacher's unions will be in driver's seat and we can expect a lot more "anti-racist education." ''[https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/11/k12_why_john_saxon_is_the_brightest_star_in_math_education.html American Thinker]'' has an enthusiastic report on Saxon math, a popular sequence of homeschooling classes. Saxon got a frontpage ''National Review'' story back in the 1980s. ''AT'' recommends the pre-2007 editions. On Amazon, I didn't find later editions for sale, aside from a couple of workbooks. The ''[https://nypost.com/2020/03/16/how-to-home-school-your-kids-like-a-pro-during-coronavirus-quarantine/ New York Post]'' also recommends Saxon. [https://www.hillsdale.net/news/20180726/students-to-get-new-math-texbooks Here] is a story about a school that switched from Saxon to another brand. The teachers complained that Saxon is repetitious. But is that really a flaw? The teacher can always adjust the pace and not every student needs to cover every problem. [https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED365728 Here] is a 1993 study that found that the Saxon method was effective. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 09:05, 27 November 2020 (EST)