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>> i was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. i thought -- i thought i was stupid my classmates thought i was stupid. general agreement. >> that was in 5th grade. >> you know, fortunately for me my mother believed in us when no one else did. she just said benjamin you are much too smart to bring home grades like this. i brought them home anyway. she was always saying that. one day she just came home after being at work and being inspired looking at all of the books that her employers were reading thsh said you are going to read books and you are going to stop watching so much televisi...

That conversation. >> especially for the 4th and 5th grade they more media saturated than a kid in kindergarten or 1st grade. >> the shooter's mother, nancy lanza age 52, knew her son had difficult, from friends of the family. a short time ago we got an interesting new detail from the mediator in the mother's divorce proceeding. we have details on that ahead.

Teachers began to teach differently. they began to develop new strategies. we cut in half the functional adversity rate in the state. >> we went to rosemont elementary school in orlando to see how the school turned itself around and became a model of school reform. it took new principal patty harrison and devoted teachers. >> 70 percent were not liviread on grade level. i said give me the names of the coaches and music teacher. i am the new principal you also teach reading now. >> without reading they are going to struggle in science and math. >> she teaches reading to 5th grade. >> targeted i...

Teachers began to teach differently. they began to develop new strategies. we cut in half the functional adversity rate in the state. >> we went to rosemont elementary school in orlando to see how the school turned itself around and became a model of school reform. it took new principal patty harrison and devoted teachers. >> 70 percent were not liviread on grade level. i said give me the names of the coaches d music teacher. i am the new principal you also teach reading now. >> without reading they are going to struggle in science and math. >> she teaches reading to 5th grade. >> targeted ins...

>> boy were they amazing. >> welcome to "early start," i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm john berman. 5:00 a.m. in the east. what we're all talking about is morning is politics. after 36 hours joined at the hip, mitt romney and his new running mate are going their separate ways today. the former massachusetts governor says he's happy with his new teammate. at one point, ryan teared up with emotion during a stop in wisconsin. on "60 minutes," romney praised his vp pick for being a lot like him. of course, the president is weighing in, too. >> this is a man who's dedicated the last 14 y...