BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 8 -- Boise State University issued the following news release:
As a new teacher in the 1990s, Marybeth Flachbart noticed something in her Texas middle school classroom. The students labeled as having behavior disorders were struggling to read, amplifying their behavioral difficulties and creating lasting barriers to learning.
"There was so much stigma associated with not being able to read," Flachbart said. "The students would rather act out than read aloud."
At nearly the same time, Carolyn Cort realized that her elementary students' reading skills were not developing in her Boise classroom. Despite her best efforts, the literacy teaching methods she learned in college were not helping her students learn to read succ...