"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) Obama Releases Fiscal Year 2013 Federal Budget: Budget Proposes 3.8 Percent Increase in Discretionary Funding for U.S. Department of Education; (2) Catch the Waive: Eleven States Receive Flexibility Under NCLB in Exchange for Reform; (3) House Committee Holds Hearing on ESEA Rewrite: Hearing Focuses on NCLB Accountability and Teacher Effectiveness; and (4) State of the State Addresses: Spotlighting Speeches by Governors in Illinois, Mississippi, New Hampshire, and Tennessee. (Contains 3 footnotes.)