This newsletter focuses on matters related to the privatization of education in different contexts around the world. Over the past few years, the International Institute for Educational Planning has carried out a number of studies in a wide range of contexts to identify what the real-life experiments in school organization are, why they have emerged, and what their effects are. Some of these studies are condensed and discussed in this issue. Newsletter contents include: "Privatization of Education: An Ongoing Debate," by Igor Kitaev; "Charter Schools in the USA--A Fast-Growing Phenomenon," by Igor Kitaev; "Private Higher Education--Sharing the Responsibility," by N.V. Varghese; "Allocating Resources for Education in Latin America," by Alejandro Morduchowicz and Juan Carlos Tedesco; "Privatization in Latin America--A Long and Ambiguous History," by Alejandro Morduchowicz; "Evaluating Training Programmes for Disadvantaged Groups," by Claudia Jacinto; and "A Taste of Mountain Life: ATP Trainees Visit the Dauphine Region in France," by Pierre Runner. The newsletter concludes with a list of Virtual Institute 2001 activities (including distance-education courses, internet forums, and new activity) and a list of new publications. (RT)