"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) A Time for Deeper Learning: New Alliance Brief Says Deeper Learning Is Imperative for All Students; (2) Setting New Priorities in Education Spending: House Committee Passes First Education Reform Bill, Eliminates More than Forty Federal Education Programs; (3) Commencement Challenge: Obama Delivers Commencement Address at Memphis High School, Calls for NCLB Rewrite in Weekly Address; and (4) "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants": NCEE Report Outlines American Agenda for Education Reform Based on Highest-Performing Nations.