"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) Coaching Teachers Boosts Student Reading: Large-Scale Study Finds Literacy Collaborative Raises Learning Rates by 32 Percent (Debra Viadero); (2) Literacy Kudzu: Be Careful What You Wish For (Will Fitzhugh); (3) Test Knowledge, Not Thoughts: Political Correctness Threatens National Standards (Robert Holland and Don Soifer); (4) A Better Way to Build a Teacher (Jonathan Zimmerman); (5) Reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Jill Newell); and (6) AAE Member Breaks New Ground. Additional section includes Signs of the Times.