"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) Balancing Act: Achieving a Harmony between Your Work Life and Personal Life Is Possible (Christine Loomis); (2) The "Netflix" Model to Improve Literacy (Jill Newell); (3) The Folly of Team Projects: Are We Really Accomplishing What We Think We Are? (Jason Fertig); (4) News from Washington, D.C.: Reports from AAE's Office in the Nation's Capital; and (5) Performance Pay: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? (Alix Schroek).