and additional support from susan hunter and douglas watson and the orfalea foundation. >> caleb. caleb. come on, get up. >> narrator: nikki dangerfield is a single mother with four children. she works long hours as a fedex manager. >> i get up at the crack of dawn and sometimes i don't get home from work until 6:00, 7:00, maybe 8:00. and then cook dinner, talk to the kids, and then sometimes i'm talking to them but halfway sleeping. it's like, "okay, mama, go to bed." so yes, i'm very busy, but i'm only busy for them. you got your workbook? >> i cannot pay for an education, but i would like for them to get the best public education that they could. >> narrator: half a century ago, her children's educational options would have been limited by their skin color. baton rouge, like most of the south, had a segregated school system. but after a hard-fought civil rights battle, her children now have alternatives to the struggling schools in their own neighborhood. >> as a whole, i feel that the public school system has done right by my family. >> bye, mom, love you. >> i love you, too.