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The article discusses an effort to end middle school Algebra 1 classes in San Francisco, California public schools in order to stop putting students on separate tracks. Topics include racial and socioeconomic disparities in U.S. math education, efforts to allow high school students to take advanced math courses, and political pressure related to math curriculum decisions in San Francisco.

The article discusses the court case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association wherein the Supreme Court hears allegation on free speech teachers' union financing. Topics discussed include the background of the case, the allegation of teachers and a Christian educators' group on agency fees or fair share payment of nonmembers violation to the free speech rights, the associated cases, and the continuous trial of the case.

The article reports that Los Angeles, California district's school board has passed a resolution to stop the bans on abortion, an unusual move that prompts several broader questions for the nation's more than several school districts. It mentions that school boards, unlike Congress or state legislatures, are nonpartisan, while social issues like abortion often cleave down political lines. It presents views of Andrew Saultz, a school board member in Michigan, on school board meetings.

This article presents information on a decision by a state appeals court on the case, Vergara v. California, which was to uphold teacher job protections under the California constitutional law. It discusses the implications of the fallout from the appeals decision for teachers' unions, the key aspects that the suit attempted to overturn, and the reaction of teachers' unions to the ruling.

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 examines how efforts to unionize the Alliance College-Ready Public Schools chain of charter schools in Los Angeles, California has led to debate between the schools' management and the district teachers' union. It notes that the argument has be based on issues such as merit pays, benefits, and governance.

The article reports that California's Instructional Quality Commission has adopted several K-8 history and social studies textbooks that highlight LGBT people as part of implementing the state's 2011 FAIR Education Act.

The article discusses the difficulties facing California school districts and teachers implementing the state's Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education (FAIR) Act, which requires California students to be instructed on the societal and historical contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, in addition to people with disabilities.

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.

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.

The article discusses appeals by California teachers' unions in the case Vergara v. California regarding state laws on teacher quality in relation to teacher tenure, due process, and teacher layoffs.