You're correct on "not a public good", sorry. Complete economics brainfart; I was thinking public good = for the common good. I'm not sure who downvoted you or

You're correct on "not a public good", sorry. Complete economics brainfart; I was thinking public good = for the common good. I'm not sure who downvoted you or why, but I modded you back to +1. I do still think that education should be a function of the government, however. Edit to expand on my position: I had confused the terms public good and common good. I believe that a solid, (to some extent, but not as far as we are now) standardized education system is in the best interest of our nation. I don't think this could be provided privately.