"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. This edition contains the following features: (1) Obama Signs "Largest Investment in Education in the Nation's History": Economic Recovery Legislation Includes Nearly $100 Billion for U.S. Department of Education; (2) Stimulus Done, Obama Sets Sights on Fiscal Year 2010 Budget: President to Submit FY 2010 Budget on February 26; (3) Closing the Expectations Gap: States Make Progress in Setting High Expectations for High School Graduates According to Report From Achieve; and (4) State of the State Addresses: Granholm and Strickland Focus on Producing Graduates Ready to Succeed After High School. (Contains 2 footnotes.)