College of Education and Human Development
In the News: Dean Ginsberg
January 7, 2015
Dean and Professor Mark R. Ginsberg.
The December 29 issue of Education Week includes an article from the Associated Press titled "Study Endorses Preschool for Low Income Kids" that features insights from Mark R. Ginsberg, dean of the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University.
From the article:
A new study shows low income kids from Washington state who go to a state supported preschool are likely to do better academically than their peers at least through fifth grade.
Researchers found Washington state's Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program has a positive impact on third-, fourth- and fifth- grade test scores, which were given five or six years after the students were in preschool.
...Mark Ginsberg, dean of the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, called the results impressive.
"It's really quite encouraging," said the national expert on early childhood education who previously was executive director of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Ginsberg said he was impressed that the improvement in test scores seems to grow over time, showing that high quality preschool gives kids what he called a "glide path" to succeed in school. He noted that not every preschool would have the same impact; quality is essential.
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