"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) In Praise of (and Sympathy for) Teachers (Chester E. Finn); (2) A Professional Alternative: Unions Continue to Spread Falsehoods about AAE and Its Affiliates (Gary Beckner); (3) Building a Total School Discipline Plan: Do Your Discipline Strategies and Solutions Measure Up? (Gene Bedley); (4) Principals Do the Darndest Things (Emily Graham); and (5) Jaime Escalante Still Stands and Delvers Advice (Interview.) Additional sections include Signs of the Times; and News from Washington, D.C.