Ben Carson says blue states should not be tired of poor school performance

Former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson said that Democrat-led states should not be tired of their poor school performance and take note of what one red state has done to help their students succeed and excel.

They looked at 23 public schools in Baltimore City to see if kids were at grade level in math. There were thousands of children examined, not a single one, Carson said on the Varney Co. Wednesday.

He said that this is happening in a lot of the blue states. The children are not educated. It's almost like it's a purposeful dumbing down of people. The retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate recently wrote an op-ed detailing how Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's education policy has resulted in increased school choice opportunities and return of taxpayer dollars to public schools. Carson said that states are not going to be able to see progress without voter turnout.

People need to get involved and recognize that if America is going to be successful, the people need to be involved, he stated. In his opinion piece, Carson explained how studies show that students living in states with school choice score better on standardized testing and classroom performance. The Trump Cabinet member claimed that adding competition is key to ensuring that families take charge of their child's individual needs and allowing them to take charge of their child's individual needs.

Carson wrote for Fox News that parents want to know the truth about our history for their children, including the good, bad and ugly, free from political biases and radical agendas. By introducing school choice measures, Abbott empowers parents to fight back against the leftist ideological agendas in our schools and remove their children from what they consider unhealthy influences. Carson said that the Democratic agenda prioritizes social costs, like reparations for Black communities, instead of education reforms.

It's not possible to work because there are a lot of Black people who came to this country after slavery, who were never slaves and their ancestors were not slaves. There are other Black people here who were slave owners. The former secretary posited.

If you want to be smart, you realize that there is a wealth gap between Black and White in this country, except if you look at Nigerians and Ghanaians, Carson pointed out. There is a lot of emphasis on education and family. If you look at American Blacks who have been here for a long time, where the emphasis is on education and family, you don't see a wealth gap either. Carson argues that the reality of education equality isn't widely broadcast by the left because it really flies in the face of their narrative that if you have black skin, you're at a terrible disadvantage. There is a fact that you're here: People from Germany, people from Ireland, people from Africa, people from South America, Carson said, Why did they come here? Let's not let someone destroy that for us.