Saxon Math was horrble for my daughter with speech problems and a brain injury. It was too wordy and used strange vocabulary.
She managed with it in 4th and 5th grade, but by 6th it took way too long.
I think it may be ok to use as a reference for homeschooling, but not in the classroom.
Since going back to normal math, my daughter is once again doing well in math.
My husband and I are engineers, and when our kids were little we used to teach them math. My daughters first grade math teacher got upset with me because I was teaching them negative numbers. She thought it would mess them up. I ignored her. They understood it quickly,
“Saxon Math was horrble for my daughter with speech problems and a brain injury. It was too wordy and used strange vocabulary.”
I’m sorry about your daughter’s particular case. I tend to speak in generalities regarding the kids out there (i.e., most don’t have to deal with what your deals with). I’m glad you got something to work...and congrats for telling the teacher to shove it - we need more of that.