Kids or no kids in the system, these are the future individuals that will be deciding how to run YOUR future health care, social security payments, roads, bridges, etc. Not to mention - if you will not depend on anything provided by government, they will be entering the workforce, perhaps your future health provider or employee or boss? These kids will eventually affect more than we can even imagine, for better or worse. I would rather ALL of them be better educated, and that does not neccessarily equal to private schooling. It means all kids in all schools receive a decent education.