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NEEDHAM, Mass. -- Needham High School has abandoned its long-standing practice of publishing the names of students who make the honor roll in the local newspaper. Principal Paul Richards said a key reason for stopping the practice is its contribution to students' stress level in "This high expectations-high-achievement culture." The proposal to stop publishing the honor roll came from a parent. Richards took the issue before the school council, which approved it. Parents were notified of the decision last month. Richards said he received about 60 responses from both parents and students and the feedback has been evenly split for...

<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The school honor roll, a time-honored system for rewarding A students, has become an apparent source of embarrassment for some underachievers.</p> <p>As a result, all Nashville schools have stopped posting honor rolls, and some are also considering a ban on hanging good work in the hallways — all at the advice of school lawyers.</p>

Not all equal This is obscenity in its most vomitive form. In Tennessee, school districts in Nashville have stopped releasing their honor rolls. Some are looking at ending the practice of hanging the best of student work in hallways. Spelling bees? Doomed, most likely. This is how the All Children Left Behind initiative begins. Parents of students at some Nashville schools complained that their children might be ridiculed for not making the honors list. School attorneys extrapolated the rest -- some students' work in the halls, but not others, might create downtrodden students. This gets worse. Unbelievably, it gets worse....

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The school honor roll, a time-honored system for rewarding A-students, has become an apparent source of embarrassment for some underachievers. As a result, all Nashville schools have stopped posting honor rolls, and some are also considering a ban on hanging good work in the hallways - all at the advice of school lawyers. After a few parents complained their children might be ridiculed for not making the list, Nashville school system lawyers warned that state privacy laws forbid releasing any academic information, good or bad, without permission. Some schools have since put a stop to academic...

Jefferson vs. the Nashville schools Posted: January 28, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 Creators Syndicate, Inc. At the Catholic school we attended long ago, the school year was divided into eight marking periods. At the end of each, a report card was handed out. Each student was graded in each of half a dozen subjects. The grades ranged from A+ to C- for passing, to D for failure. Enough D's, and you were off to the D.C. public schools. At the end of each semester, a huge honor roll appeared in the main hall. On it were boldly inscribed the names of...

In Nashville, Tennessee, the honor roll is no more. Schools there have done away with the traditional lists of distinction, which identify A-students, because parents have complained the lists make the non-honorees feel bad, and the school system lawyers say the lists violate state privacy laws. Even putting up little Suzie's exemplary macaroni collage in the hallway may soon be out of the question, since this too is apparently releasing private academic information without permission and could leave all the other children in the class with pasta-picture envy. The idea of eliminating rewards for academic achievement in order to spare...

<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The school honor roll, a time-honored system for rewarding A-students, has become an apparent source of embarrassment for some underachievers.</p> <p>As a result, all Nashville schools have stopped posting honor rolls, and some are also considering a ban on hanging good work in the hallways -- all at the advice of school lawyers.</p>

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The school honor roll, a time-honored system for rewarding "A" students, has become an apparent source of embarrassment for some underachievers. As a result, all Nashville schools have stopped posting honor rolls, and some are considering a ban on hanging good work in the hallways — at the advice of school lawyers. After a few parents complained their children might be ridiculed for not making the list, school-system lawyers warned that state privacy laws forbid releasing academic information, good or bad, without permission. Some schools since have put a stop to academic pep rallies. Others think they...

Top students now classified 'top secret'One school is starting to list honor roll students by first name and last initial only.By CHARNA MAMLOKNorwich Bulletin Nine-year-old Ralph Mayo made the honor roll this past marking period. But the Plainfield Memorial School third-grader won't have the honor of being publicly recognized and having his name printed in the newspaper along with other high-achieving students. A new school policy prevents the elementary school from disclosing students' last names to the media and posting them on the school's Web site. In some cases, the school's honor roll identifies only the students' grade and room...

(Plainfield-AP, Apr. 21, 2002 10:35 PM) _ Schools in Plainfield have adopted a strict privacy policy that actually doesn't allow honor roll students to be named on its website. School officials say they are bowing to the wishes of parents who insist on privacy. Some of the parents are worried that the hoopla surrounding honor roll status might make their children targets of predators. Plainfield Memorial School Principal Sheryl Kempain says parents sign forms indicating how their child may be identified in print and on the website. Most agree to just a first name and first initial of the last...