"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) What Teachers Expect from Students, They Generally Get! (Robert T. Tauber); (2) The Pitfalls of National Standards: 7 Worries I Have about the Call for National Standards (Chester Finn, Jr.); and (3) Teens Don't Argue Education Policy: They Just Make a Difference (Liza McFadden). Additional section includes: Signs of the Times.