Not-So-Honored Roll

Fox News

Students who make the honor roll at Needham High School in Massachusetts will no longer have their names in the local newspaper. That's because principal Paul Richards says publishing the honor roll represents "an unhealthy focus on grades" and goes against the school's mission to "promote learning."

Richards tells a Boston TV station that the new policy is aimed at reducing students' stress levels in what he calls "this high expectations, high achievement culture." The principal says the change was prompted by a complaint from a parent. He says he's received dozens of messages both for and against the new policy — which he says is "subject to review."