"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) NCLB Redux: House Committee Releases Draft Language on NCLB Reauthorization, Includes Significant New Programs for High Schools; (2) More NCLB: House Committee Releases Draft Language on Revamped Striving Readers Program, Teacher Pay for Performance Plan, and the Rest of NCLB; (3) "The Economic Losses from High School Dropouts in California": New Study Pegs Annual Loss at $46.4 Billion; and (4) "Education and Safety": New Brief Suggests Connection Between Educational Attainment and Crime, Public Safety.