"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) President Bush Promotes High School Agenda: Of $1.5 Billion Plan for High Schools, $200 Million Would Go to Striving Readers Program; (2) "What Gets Measured Gets Done": Bush Designee Margaret Spellings Promotes High School Agenda During Senate Confirmation Hearing; (3) "Stalled in Secondary": On Third Anniversary of NCLB, New Report Finds Little Improvement Among Middle and High School Students; and (4) New Report Finds a "Long, Uphill Road" to Meeting State and National Literacy Goals.