Dan Mitchell on cutting the Dept. of Education on CNBC

[unknown1994ish]

After graduating in a public high school i say destroy the department of education, but do not destroy the federal student aid it provides for college students

[qwexas]

@unknown1994ish Colleges raise their tuition so they can get more money from the government in the form of federal student aid. The cost of college education has inflated even faster than gasoline. If not for federal aid, college tuition would be a lot cheaper.

[MaggieLovesJimmy]

What they need to do is quit doling out so much money to students going to for-profit schools. They're scam artists who use predatory marketing techniques to get the poorest students who they KNOW will get money from the DOE to enroll, give them a usually subpar education, and send them out with tons of debt & a practically useless degree. The reason the DOE put out so much money is BECAUSE of these for-profit schools who enroll ANYONE.

[mjbarrowful]

National Standards he says. Is that code for central planning?

[mauimom67]

When I was a kid there was NO Dept. of Education, and American students led the world in all areas of academics. Since it's establishment, American schools and quality of education has seadily declined. D.O.E...what a joke. Let's go back to what works.

[ForTehNguyen]

Obummer says no to voucher schools then turn around and sends his kids to a private school

[Visfen]

Students in containers? Haha.

Yeah, MAYBE there's something to the statement that the government can't do shit. I mean wtf...

[thegreatpadaxes]

I've been through school during the reign of the department of education and there is no balance at all. All we did was study for these tests. the worst part was that they are piss easy, and your mind starts to drift.

the funny part is that schools have specialized so much that when you're a senior and you passed all the standardized tests, they have nothing for you to do. we sat there in class and talked for an entire school year.

[thegreendome]

get rid of it, total waste of money

[davidmesaaz]

Vouchers exacebate problems in the inner city? Well tell that to Al Sharpton and the Civil rights leaders.

DC schools are in the top 3 in funding but dead last in every educational stat...

[davidmesaaz]

He sucks up 50 million dollars in funding then complains that there isn't money for educational infrastructure ???

[davidmesaaz]

The UMASS professor... hey we don't have a National Standards board with our Universities and they are world class. He makes it sound like if we have some law that requires standards.

18 out of the to 20 universities are from the United States. Why because people can choose where they want to go to college.

[gearzone2611]

We dont need standardized education programs or whatever that sounds like. Education should be invested through out the continent without government's regulations or management. Public schools should only be done in local level and controlled by parents and school's teachers/administrators. That makes education free and secure, not by federal funded through forcing everyone's money to pay for it. You cannot socialist education. The history will tell you from Fed.Banks, SSN, taxation, wars, etc!!

[Silvsilvchan]

"You need to have national standards"

No. No you don't.

Look. I come from Oklahoma. We have some of the worse test scores and some of the most disrepaired schools in the nation, I view my tenure in Oklahoma Public Schools as one of the most abysmal times of my life, and we could CERTAINLY use federal money and hell- I would say the Fed would be better at running our schools than the state in this very rare case.

But I still want to see the Department of Education in flames.

[ForTehNguyen]

its no surprise that once the govt got involved in education, the price rocketed up and the quality went down.

[sexlessparents]

cnbc is the only good nbc network

msnbc is such a joke

[whoo689]

The federal gov't CANNOT and will not ever successfully manage LOCAL k-12 schools. It's just not gonna happen. That's why it at least needs to go back to the states and hopefully then give full control back to the local and county governments, NOT the federal. We've seen full well that one size does not fit all.

I mean, even liberal old Europe has vouchers for education!! And it's not a rarity in some countries like Belgium, either.

[HarrisonCountyStudio]

I couldn't agree more. The Feds waste to much money and are quite frankly hurting our local schools. The power needs to return to our local elected leaders that have children in our local schools.

[Federalist306]

we have alot of students who are spoiled, stupid, and sadly, are doomed to failure in the free market, that is why the government is growing to a point where stupid kids can turn into good communists, counting on the government for cradle to grave benefits, no need to think, just vote democrat at every election. This is also why the Dem's love it when 20 million people sneak in from Mexico and South America, poorly educated people largely follow the handout train, and reward the handers out...

[hpso12xu]

cato prevails..... as usual.

[HarryNRubin]

All I do in my classes are prepare for the AP exams...Those aren't even the standardized tests. In Maryland we take "High School Assessments" and they're a joke. Some students still don't pass them, because they are simply promoted to the next grade level so they are not "left behind."

[Truthpolice9698]

Vouchers.

Free the children.

[myspoonnotyours]

Its no surprise that someone who benefits from federal education dollars would choose to argue for more federal education dollars. Sorry Christian but the free market would cut your salary.

[latewire]

love how he talks about crumbling buildings in schools, even though the dept of education doesn't fund any of that shit.

what a bald tool.

[freesk8]

Not only is the Dept. of Ed. ineffective and wasteful,

IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

[IRONMANAustralia]

And the irony is, that's WHY it's unconstitutional in the first place.

So your statement is like saying, "Not only is theft unproductive and counter to a thriving society - it's AGAINST THE LAW!"

[freesk8]

Exactly. It is a shame that people in the states have so little knowledge of or care for the Constitution that is so valuable.

This is why we are slowly losing our liberties here.

[Surhotchaperchlorome]

LOL!

"No Bureaucrat Left Behind Education."

[Surhotchaperchlorome]

Christian is full of shit.

The least regulated markets are the ones with the best standards. Just look at electronics (USB, HD, Blu Ray, etc).

[Surhotchaperchlorome]

I wonder if Christian realizes that about 50% of the regulations imposed on schools are from the FEDERAL level.

[Surhotchaperchlorome]

Or better yet, abolish the Federal DoE.

[mcgrawtim123]

"We have a lot of students in containers."

That says it all. End the Dept. of Education in DC and Sacramento. School vouchers to the parents. Let them decide how to educate their children.

[sniper6081]

The Dept. of Education is like a financial blackhole. Money goes in and nothing comes out. Burn it! Burn it all! Just imagine; a big wrecking ball slaming through the walls of that building and all the little tiny pieces scatter everywhere. I could jack off to that.

[harryogre]

wow.

Christian Weller.

Why don't you just bleat out, "Four legs good two legs bad!"

You worthless tool!

The Pigs own you!

[smudboy]

Is it just me, or is Christian getting a little nervous?

[WelfareRobot]

"Migrant workers". Nice to see Federal policy is to subsidize illegals. Money well spent, as usual in the government.

[Brassmouth]

Stop having that Christian guy on. He makes my blood boil. Seriously, how similar to the USSR do we have to get before this guy stops advocating socialism?

[donotswallow]

So his whole point is, without the government we wouldn't have a national standard?  What about the SAT or ACT, or countless other private companies that would make their own tests?

[j95lee]

I thought the "national standard" in the United States (as far as education is concerned) is that it wasn't good to begin with.

[ND066]

Its encouraging at least that the conversation is taking place.

[return135]

no dept of education and no vouchers, just straight up free market.

[migkillertwo]

that would create a permanent underclass.

[Brassmouth]

Kind of like the permanent underclass exists today, and is forced into the State gulag schools?

Honestly, you people like you even think before you spout propaganda?

[MagnusIan]

At the end, was she making fun of Dan Mitchell's free market principles on health care or simply pointing out that Dan & Christian disagree completely on health care?

America is screwing itself over & it's been happening for decades.