https://mathematicsteachingcommunity.math.uga.edu/index.php/847/who-will-tell-the-colleges-if-we-skip-synthetic-division
There's an interesting discussion going on at the Mathematics Teaching Community about the usefulness of synthetic division. For the record, I never taught it to my Algebra 2 students, nor am I sure I can do it myself. I'm pretty sure I know three or more other ways to divide polynomials and I'm going to assume that's plenty, especially since it's not exactly something I do everyday.
There's an interesting discussion going on at the Mathematics Teaching Community about the usefulness of synthetic division. For the record, I never taught it to my Algebra 2 students, nor am I sure I can do it myself. I'm pretty sure I know three or more other ways to divide polynomials and I'm going to assume that's plenty, especially since it's not exactly something I do everyday.