saxon math : Math textbook selection

You will find people who praise John Saxon as the savior of mathematics
eductation, and others see him as the Devil incarnate. The man I knew was
somewhere in between those extremes. Whether the Saxon texts are right for
your school depends on what you want your students to learn. If you are a
proponent of Core based knowledge, you may find it very pleasing because it
practices the concepts of continuous review and "overlearning", a deep
mastery of algorithmic process. If on the other hand you believe in lots of
group activities with long term projects with very open-ended learning goals,
this may not be for you.

I could give you my personal opinion about the books, but that would not
give you a wide range of opinions to draw from, so instead, let me suggest
that you search the Math-teach news group archives with the key word "saxon".
You'll get more than you can read, some with VERY strong opinions on each
side.

From: Pat Ballew