"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) On Anniversary of "Brown Versus Board of Education," Providing True Educational Equality for All Students Is an Economic Necessity for the Nation, New Alliance Study Finds; (2) "Saving Now and Saving Later": United States Loses $5.6 Billion Providing College Remediation, According to New Alliance Brief; (3) U.S. Department of Education Releases FY 2011 Final Spending Totals; (4) ESEA Precursor?: Hunter Introduces Bill to Eliminate Forty-Three Federal Education Programs; and (5) "Public School High School Graduates and Dropouts": NCES Report Pegs National Graduation Rate at 75.5 Percent for 2008-09 School Year. (Contains 1 footnote.)