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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 presents information on U.S. court case Vergara v. California, which focuses on the job protections of teachers in California. The author looks at the Los Angeles County Superior Court lawsuit, California Governor Jerry Brown, state Superintendent Tom Torlakson, and the California state education department. The article also discusses teacher-evaluation systems, teacher tenure, and the equal-protection rights of students.

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.

The article discusses a teacher education and teacher development program in Oakland, California, called Teach Tomorrow in Oakland (TTO), managed by Rachelle Rogers-Ard. The article looks at the program's emphasis on creating racial diversity in the teaching profession and increasing the presence of minority teachers. Topics include comments about the teacher diversity gap by Ana Maria Villegas of Montclair State University, as well as the program's teacher recruitment and retention strategies.

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 reports that states in the United States are debating how value added data regarding teachers can be used in schools. Some states, like Tennessee, permit the use of this data for teacher evaluation while others, like California, prevent the data from being used for teacher pay, evaluation, or personnel decisions.

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.

The article discusses changes proposed for the California State Teachers' Retirement Plan (calSTRS) by U.S. Governor Jerry Brown. Topics include Governor Brown's plans to replenish the teachers' pension fund within 32 years, the concerns of the California School Boards Association regarding the state's education funding, and how the changes effect the state financial plan the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF).

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.

The article discusses the teacher evaluation system in the Lucia Mar school district in California called the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) school reform initiative. The author comments on the program's inclusion of a mentoring system and a performance-based pay incentive. Topics include superintendent Jim Hogeboom's application for a federal Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grant and the relationship between Hogeboom and Lucia Mar Unified Teachers Association president Lloyd Walzer.

The article discusses the role of parent-teacher school councils in spending money allotted to Los Angeles, California schools through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. District Superintendent Ramon C. Cortines favors the decentralization so that parents and communities feel some responsibility for outcomes. Bill Ring, head of the parents' organization Transparent, complains that no transition plan was in place to develop capacity for these groups to spend money wisely.

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.

The article discusses California state legislators' efforts to reform teacher dismissal policy in California through the enactment of the state's bill SB 843.

The article discusses California governor Jerry Brown's 2013 veto of a bill that would effect the firing process for public school teachers, which was endorsed by the union the California Teachers Association but opposed by some school boards, and mentions the appeals process for dismissed teachers.

The article discusses the creation and opening of the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education's online teacher preparation program, commenting on the school's strategic partnership with technology company 2U and its positive impact on enrollment.

The article discusses a California state law approved in August 2013 which allows teacher education programs to offer up to two years of formal preparation, an increase of the previous one-year restriction. Information is provided on California's near-elimination of an undergraduate teaching degree in 1970 and requirements for a yearlong postbaccalaureate program that included pedagogical skills and student-teaching. Comments from Linda Darling-Hammond of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing are included.

The article reports on a proposed agreement between the teachers' union and school district administration of the public schools in Los Angeles, California which would grant individual schools the right to hire teachers and design their own teachers' contracts.

The article discusses a report about teacher hiring. The report, entitled "Trends in California Teacher Demand: A County and Regional Perspective," found that California's demand for teachers over the next ten years will not affect all areas of the state in the same ways. Counties may need to recruit teachers from various parts of the state.

The article discusses a report from California's Commission on Teacher Credentialing which found that there were more than 11,000 out-of-field instructors of English-language learners from 2003 to 2007. This number accounted for more than half the total out-of field assignments reported during that period in California.