"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) Senate Committee Passes Education Appropriations Bill; (2) Upside Down: New Alliance Brief Says Federal Education Policy Needs to be Flipped; (3) "Implementing Graduation Counts": Majority of States Are on Track to Report NGA [National Governors Association] Gradation Rate by 2011; and (4) "Graduating America": New Report Examines the Opportunity for High School Reform at the Local, State, and Federal Level. (Contains 1 footnote.)