Public opinion towards private education and quasi-market governance practices in education are understudied, especially from a diverse country-comparative perspective. In this chapter, we begin to address this gap by analyzing public attitudes across 41 countries using two international surveys (INVEDUC and ISSP). Results reveal considerable support for free school choice and decentralized education systems. However, a vast majority in most countries believes that the government should be the primary provider of school education, and that it is unjust for people with higher incomes to be able to buy better education for their children. Furthermore, we find that political ideology, rather than economic status, shapes policy attitudes within countries. Additionally, countries characterized by less universal access to extensive education tend to exhibit greater support for private education. These results emphasize the necessity of a country-comparative perspective and further research that expand both theoretical inquiry and data collection in developing countries.