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40. No I don't think people want a privatized education system.

I'm a product of public education from Kindergarten through PhD. I teach in a private school now, but will be taking a tenure-track position at a public university. What I think is that Americans need to be more vested in public education, meaning willing to pay taxes for quality educational services. I come from a very conservative family, on my side and my husband's. It's astonishing how many have the attitude "as soon as our kids are done with school, we're moving" so they don't have to pay the higher taxes in their town...taxes which go to their kids' schools.
The loudest voices of protest in favor of public schools and teachers came from my professors, who would go to the capital and march on behalf of their brethren in elementary and high schools.
I think that if Americans want to keep up in a very intelligent world, they must be willing to fund public education on all levels. I had to mortgage my brain to afford college, to the tune of $100,000 in federal loans (now the property of Sallie Mae, which in and of itself is criminal).
Americans value education...but millions don't want to pony up for it.

I think we're on the same page.