"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) Historical Change (Barbara R. Davidson); (2) New Education R&D Lab Aims to Advance Innovations in Public Schools; (3) Man Power: Solving the Crisis of a Shortage of Male Teachers (Malik Russell); (4) Tenurita (Source: Houston Chronicle); (5) Business and Education (Source: Deloitte LLP); (6) Can Australian Students Bounce Back? (Source: The Australian); (7) Rand Report. Pain and Gain: Implementing NCLB in Three States; and (8) Let Freedom Ring! President to Proclaim January 16 as Religious Freedom Day. Includes excerpts from the U.S. Department of Education's document "Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools" (February 7, 2003).