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The article discusses a legal settlement between the Los Angeles, California school district and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California regarding students' rights and the district's seniority-based teacher layoff procedures. It presents restrictions regarding layoffs in disadvantaged schools, comments from the organization United Teachers Los Angeles, and remarks from ACLU chief counsel Mark D. Rosenbaum.

The article discusses investigations of teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District in Los Angeles, California in relation to a lawsuit by fired teacher Rafe Esquith. Topics include the district's creation of a Student Safety Investigation Team (SSIT), due process rights for teachers who are being investigated, and the position of the teachers' union United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) on the issue. The lawsuit Vergara v. California is noted.

The article reports on the 2014 Los Angeles, California Superior Court case Vergara v. California, addressing issues of educational equity. An overview of the case is given, including a summary of the laws involved, the trial, and the various levels of legislative and appellate responses up to the June 2014 decision. Accounts are given charting the reactions from both sides, championing students' rights and teacher tenure respectively. Questions are then raised concerning future implications.

The article discusses three lawsuits in California filed from 2010-2012 which attempt to overhaul access to good instruction by revamping teacher quality requirements. The lawsuits are "Reed v. California," "Doe v. Deasy," and "Vergara v. California." Topics include comments by Gloria Romero of the California chapter of the Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), the cases' foundation on student rights issues, and the Students Matter nonprofit organization started by David F. Welch.

Th article reports that a judge's restraining order has kept the Los Angeles, California-based charter school network Alliance College-Ready Public Schools from preventing the unionization of its teachers by the union United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA).

The article reports that the advocacy group Students Matter has brought a lawsuit against several school districts in California challenging collective bargaining agreements with teachers that specify that student test scores may not be used in teacher evaluations, and cites California law.