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And a proud audience watching that mom. it was five years ago, marty o'connor was a college student with a good job in sales. spending his free time skateboarding, surfing and playing volleyball. but then for that star athlete an accident -- he fell down a flight of stairs, becoming a quadriplegic. >> when a spinal cord injury happens there's no fixing it. like a mom would want to come in and fix it. >> reporter: but it turns out, marty's mother judy would find a way to help. the former elementary schoolteacher would retire early and when marty enrolled in an mba program at chapman university ...

Next week, discussion about people trying to make contact with their mbers of congress right now. members have said these are paid protesters, these are organized left wing group. they're out-of-state people. clearly you're none of those things. i wonder if you could tell us why you decided to get involved. what led you to this activism. i saw you say that you voted for senator scott and senator graham. >> i sure did. i'm definitely not a paid protester. by day i'm an elementary schoolteacher and i -- any passion is education. that's what matters to me. one of my favorite quotes is by martin l...

Tomorrow so that takes preceden precedence. >> i was that kid with the volleyball tournament and i needed my mom there. i hear you. let me just -- a lot of the discussion around people trying to get town halls with their senators and members of congress next week, discussion about people trying to make contact with their members of congress right now. members have said these are paid protesters, these are organized lev left wing group. they're out-of-state people. clearly you're none of those things. i wonder if you could tell us why you decided to get involved. what led you to this activism. ...

School says girls like miriam are far nor academically adventurous. >> people aren't going to judge you. oh, well, you got the answer wrong. you're stupid. it's a learning experience. >> reporter: the aclu has filed suit for alleged civil rights violations and for using, quote, overly broad stereotypes to justify separating the sexes. >> we're aiming for a score of eight. >> reporter: school officials deny any such things but ask the kids -- >> i'm going to say the word boys and i want you to say the first word that pops into your head. >> competitive. >> they're really annoying. >> arrogant. ...

Public education school by school and hand them over to privately managed charters. these four principals spoke out at a public hearing and they were indefinite ly suspended. there was a fifth principal suspended on the same day. >> what did they do wrong? >> they didn't do anything wrong. they said, don't close our schools. they were not insubordinate. they disagreed with this plan. newark has not had any democratic control since 1995. they've been under state control for almost 20 years. parents there and citizens are very angry. they want to have something to say about their public schools....