We shouted this out six months ago, and that was BEFORE we learned of the just-released abysmal and shameful test scores of our children.

Just to recap:

Only 35% of 12th graders are proficient in reading, the lowest in history since NAEP began.

The achievement gap in science between the highest – and lowest-performing 8th grade students was the largest ever recorded.

The steepest decline was for African American students, whose reading levels dropped 11 points — almost twice the rate of their white counterparts.

Just 22% of 12th graders are proficient in math, the lowest since the current version of the test started in 2005.

Only 16% of low socioeconomic-status students scored proficient in reading while 50% scored below basic.

This cannot stand. Nothing contributes to income and racial inequality more than our rotten inner city schools. And no invading army could do as much damage to our society than the teachers unions have.

Trump should declare this a national state of emergency and order that 1) every child in every state will be given a scholarship to attend the school of their choice; 2) failed schools need to be shut down; and 3) teachers need to be graded, and the worst should be fired immediately.