Baltimore’s failing school system is making school choice the only hope for students, education activist says

School choice could be the solution to Baltimore's dismal student test scores, an education activist said after the city's well-funded schools reported some of the worst results in the state.

Nearly nine out of 10 Baltimore City public school students are not proficient in math, and about 80% of elementary schoolers weren't proficient in English, according to a recent Maryland State Department of Education report. Meanwhile, the school system has one of the largest budgets in the country. 

"The reason why we have such continual low performance in education for Baltimore City students is because we have a disconnect between the higher-ups — the administration — and the people who are actually in the classroom," Denisha Allen, founder of Black Minds Matter, a Black student advocacy group, told Fox News.