"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Bush Budget Proposes Spending Freeze for U.S. Department of Education: Title I, Striving Readers, Statewide Data Systems Among Few Programs Slated for Increase; (2) "The Cost of Waiting": Key Congressional Staff Say that Reauthorizing NCLB is a Priority in 2008; and (3) State of the State Addresses: Governors Focus on Reducing Dropout Rates, Increasing College Access. (Contains 1 footnote.)