National News Roundup

The average salary for high-school principals in the United States this school year topped $60,000 for the first time, but their annual pay increase is the lowest in the past decade, according to a survey by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

The average salary this year is $61,768, a 4.5 percent increase from last school year, the survey shows. In past years, increases have been well above the Consumer Price Index, said Paul W. Hersey, the association's director of professional assistance. This year, raises were dose to the rise in the index,...