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[quote=Anonymous]I am "stuck" at my school using the Common Core textbooks for Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra2. They aren't too bad, but don't have a huge selection of practice problems.

I thank my lucky stars that my school still requires textbooks. Though the kids can access the books online, I really encourage my kids to use a "book book" - there's no question that they learn better out of a "real" - i.e., paper - book.

I supplement a lot. My favorite textbook for supplementing (and I'd love to have it as the class text if I could!) is the Brown/Dolciani book "Algebra: Structure and Method, Book 1." Lots of good practice problems. My favorite text for supplementing Algebra 2 is Merrill's "Algebra: Structure and Method"  by Foster, Gordon, et al. These are solid no nonsense texts - not a lot of pictures but a lot of practice problems and solid explanations of the concepts. I'd rather have this kind of a text and I'll supplement with more interesting and complex problems and concepts, than have a book with too many "cutesy" graphics and pictures but a limited number of practice problems.

Because present day Algebra classes involve a lot more data, statistics, and different types of word problems than these older texts, I supplement those supplements, too.

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