"Education Matters" is the monthly newsletter of the Association of American Educators (AAE), an organization dedicated to advancing the American teaching profession through personal growth, professional development, teacher advocacy and protection. This issue of the newsletter includes: (1) Who Deserves Tenure? Is It Time to Move beyond This Approach of Safeguarding Public Employees? (Chester E. Finn, Jr.); (2) Why I Oppose National Standards: CA Provides a Case in Point (Lisa Snell); (3) Helping Your Students Do the Right Thing: Encouraging a Moral Conscience in Students (Eric Buehrer); (4) Reform on a Budget: Congressman Duncan Hunter Introduces First Federal Education Reform Bill (Alexandra Schroeck); (5) AAE Needs You; (6) NEA to Double Member Dues Contribution to Political War Chest; and (7) Virtual School: But Every Bit a Real Teacher (Karen Faucett).