"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) Let's Get Digital: First-Ever National Digital Learning Day Attracts Participation from Thirty-Nine States, 19,000 Teachers, and 1.7 Million Students; (2) State of the Union: Obama Calls for Mandatory School Attendance Until Age Eighteen, Focuses on Importance of Education for "Jobs of Tomorrow"; and (3) State of the States: Governors Focus on School Finance, Digital Learning, Reading Interventions, and Waivers Under No Child Left Behind. (Contains 1 footnote.)