Welsh shares research on school grades and McCullick discusses adults at play

A recent article on AJC.com focusing on Georgia’s A-F grading system for schools highlighted issues with the system, including research by College of Education faculty member Richard O. Welsh.

The article, published Jan. 5 on Maureen Downey’s Get Schooled blog, reports that school ratings suffer two flaws: They’re either overly simplistic by ignoring demographics or socioeconomic factors, or very complex by incorporating information such as attendance and perceptions. Downey also cites research recently done by Welsh comparing Georgia’s grading system with two other Southeastern states that use A-F grades.

Also, a recent Paste magazine story featured professor Bryan McCullick’s advice on building better habits, especially when it comes to exercise.

McCullick, professor and coordinator of the health and physical education teacher education program in the Department of Kinesiology, said play isn’t just for children—adults can benefit from doing something fun too. “Exercise programs designed for adults often aren’t interesting, and we wonder why adults don’t hold to them,” he said.