Let's face it, for some people, public schools are Big Business. Sixteen thousand school districts; 100,000 schools; 3 million teachers; and 50 million students. The U.S. is a big country and we have a lot of public schools and public school students. When you throw in parents and relatives and neighbors and siblings you get a large percentage of the U.S. population that has a connection to our public schools.
This leads to great competition among makers of educational products; which (in turn) leads to great learning products for our students. I work in the field of middle and high school math and practically every day I get an email or a tweet or some communication about some new educational product.
Just as a quick example of such a product, I really like Desmos which is a free graphing calculator that is great for class presentations to students. It was created with middle and high schools in mind. It is a great tool for teachers and students. Another product is Moving With Math which is targeted toward students who are below grade level in mathematics. Again, this product is purposely made for middle and high school students.
Public school students get the benefit of lots of great education products and tools that are created just for them. One more thing that makes our public schools great!
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