Late School Start for Teens

USA Today recently published an article stating that research from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine supports findings that students between 13 and 18 benefit from later start times for school. The studies pointed out that the sleep cycles during these years change, and that most teenagers are getting 7 or less hours of sleep on school nights compared with the 8 to 10 they should get. They indicated that the lack of appropriate sleep is linked to poor academic performance, obesity, depression, and even accidents, and said that starting the school day later would lead to improvements in each of these areas. Do you believe that an approximate 30 minute change in school start time could really make this great an impact?

Read the article:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/18/schools-should-start-later-prevent-accidents-depression-scientists-say/100573390/

References:
Hafner, J. (2017, April 18). Schools should start later to prevent accidents, depression, scientists say. Retrieved April 21, 2017, from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/18/schools-should-start-later-prevent-accidents-depression-scientists-say/100573390/