Posted on 08/28/2021 1:36:29 PM PDT by metmom
one possible problem. they seem so busy these days taking on new students, that we have to be a bit patient for them to get back to us on normal business. they have all been great to deal with.
That may be of interest to someone new.
The covers give a clue. Author, either Stephen Hake + John Saxon or John Saxon. Second Edition preferred but I do have a third edition Algebra 1/2.
Naming convention. From being in the military, Saxon knew that people from different parts of US or even different school districts had different backgrounds and education levels which had nothing to do with IQ or natural math ability but did have an affect.
Math 76 is a guesstimate for grade 6 or 7. Algebra 1/2 mentioned above is a guesstimate for Pre Algebra.
The books when revised, all still had to be in sync for graduating from one concept to another. That’s the reason for the desire to have them close in revisions and/or date-wise.
I just looked at three I have handy and Math 76 is 1992, Second edition. Math 54 is 2001 Second, both by Hake/Saxon. Algebra 1/2 is Third edition, by Saxon only.
Just did a quick search for; “Best Saxon Math Editions” and saw this, http://homeschool.getsti.com/index.php/which-saxon-math-edition
Sounds kinda right and at least is an acknowledgement that there are differences. I didn’t even bother reading wikipedia’s “comparison to common core” because it’s either propaganda or the content of Saxon Math has changed that much.
As far as the teacher’s literature to match, I think once I realized that there was such a thing, I just figured out which ones to look for on my own.
Amazon and Ebay are the two biggest sources for used versions. You may find cases where they’re offering the Student book, test book and answer sheets as a package. I think that’s how I put together my list of what to search for as far as teacher/student matched versions. I wasn’t quite ready, nor could I afford to just buy complete sets of this or that but I did write them down for future reference.
There’s your start.
I was giving him the benefit that someone hacked his account. If he doesn’t want his kids to be Conservative - and feed at the government test, he has the right...
I have heard that a lot, the problem was they tried to just translate the classroom setting to online. It doesn’t work. What it did do was open a lot of parent’s eyes to the agenda tho. One of my friends told me that it made her realize how much time is wasted during the school day. The actual school work is probably no more than 2-3 hours.
There were plenty of online academies that have been doing it for decades and worked out the issues and kinks long ago. It’s too bad the public school didn’t do some research at least to see what works. Most are text based with supplemental videos.
We homeschooled in NC. NC is homeschool friendly, lots of support available.
We are moving to VA. Our church there is starting a group.
Check for state and county organizations. Then check churches.
Yes, It is/was a real mess, they had a “Login schedule” throughout the day, only way to meet this inflexible schedule for little ones was to quit your job and stay home with the kids. They actually didn’t even need teachers at all, some even made things worse. Should have just laid them all off.
The part that made us all mad, was the contract they made parents sign. We all had to agree not to “Eavesdrop” on the teacher/student video conferencing or the child would be expelled. They had absolutely no right to hide this from us, let alone in our own homes. And it showed they are trying to teach kids stuff they do not want parents to know about.
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