This document is comprised of the six issues in volume 17 of the Harvard Education Letter, a bimonthly newsletter addressing current issues in elementary and secondary education. Articles in this volume include the following: (1) January-February--"Charters and Districts: Three Stages in an Often Rocky Relationship" (Kelly) and "'We Don't Allow That Here'" (Pirozzi); (2) March-April--"The New Face of Homeschooling" (Farber) and "Collateral Damage" (Birk) on high stakes testing; (3) May-June--"Closing the Gap One School at a Time" (Sadowski) and "Teachers Helping Teachers" (Kelly); (4) July-August--"Seeking a Cure for Senior-Year Slump" (Kelly) and "Nuts and Bolts of Charter-Business Partnerships" (Kelly); (5) September-October--"Sexual Minority Students Benefit from School-Based Support--Where It Exists" (Sadowski) and "Solving Problems with 'Action Research'"; and (6) November-December--"Teaching Civics after September 11" (Gordon) and "Making Global Connections." Regular features include editorial statements and summaries of recent research. (KB)