"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) Learning Across Distance: Virtual-Instruction Programs Are Growing Rapidly, but the Impact on "Brick-and-Mortar" Classrooms Is Still up in the Air (Kristina Cowan); (2) Wanted: Better Ninth-Grade Teachers--Concern over Graduation Rates Has Schools Rethinking Teacher Assignments (Letitia Stein); and (3) Professionalism, Partnerships, and Positive Public Discourse: How Ontario Built Support for Its Successful School Reform Strategy (Ben Levin). Online version may contain additional articles.