School Start Times

Sleep Foundation showed that only 15% of students get the necessary 8 ½ hours of sleep on school nights.Over the years, school’s starting times have been moved earlier in the day, which is affecting students and teachers’ performance . However, moving the times forward is a debated issue among the community. School start times should be moved forward to allow students more time to sleep. Delaying school start times can help students improve in their learning and performance, as well as, making the road

“elementary school start times” in the University of North Florida’s OneSearch database to find this particular research study. I chose this study to analyze for multiple reasons. First, this study differs from the first research study in that it examines school start time and academic performance for middle school students, not elementary students. Second, this study discusses the impact puberty has on the adolescent sleep cycle. Lastly, Edwards (2012) focused this study on a single school district

Alter the School Start Time It has been talked about for decades, that students are not getting enough sleep. Due to this statement, some people believe changing the school start time would address the issue. I believe that altering the school start time will actually do more harm than good. Transportation, sports, and lives of parents would be negatively affected by a later school start time. Transportation is a major issue that would be impacted by a later school start time. For many

School Start Times When one thinks of school, specifically high school, an image of sleepy and unfocused teens always come to mind. Throughout many centuries, schools have continued to start extremely early in the morning. In recent years, a small number of schools have pushed back their start time to follow experts’ suggestions, yet most schools continue to start at an average of eight in the morning. Around the globe, school boards have the responsibility of pushing back their start times to better

A student’s education is like a minefield. It requires careful attention and mindful thinking to navigate through to be successful. From the start to the end of a school day, it is important that a student is fully awake and is able to pay attention in all of his or her classes. Similarly, navigating through minefield requires attention and precise thinking, or failure can occur. Neither of these activities should occur early in the morning when students brains are tired and lack sleep. This could

S high school students get fewer than 8 hours of sleep on school nights, and 40% or fewer hours. American schools’ too early start time is the major cause of this problem. It is surprising that study shows about 10% of U.S. high schools start the school day before 7:30 a.m., 42.5% before 8 a.m., and only 14.4% at 8:30 a.m. or later. (Wake Up Calls) I was really surprised when I heard that schools in America start from early morning, because in my country, Japan, most of high schools start from 8:30

Mrs. Anita Stumbo English 100 November 21, 2014 School Start Times Everyone dreads hearing their alarm clock ring in the morning, especially students in school. Teenagers in high school start school usually around 8:00 a.m. and get out at 3:00 p.m. Studies are showing that teens are not getting enough sleep today so they need to start schools at a later time. Should the schools start at a later time? If they did the kids will be more alert, schools will have better attendance, and there will also

Background on School Start Times in the United States For years and years there has been a lot of discussion about when a reasonable time for students to wake up and go to school should be. There are two main sides. One side believes that school should start later, and the other side believes that the school start times should not be changed. The average teenagers’ alarm for school goes off as early as 6:00 A.M. A little less than half of U.S. public schools start before 8:00 A.M. Studies show that

Earlier School Start Times as a Risk Factor for Poor School Performance: An Examination of Public Elementary Schools in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the researchers have two hypothesis. The first hypothesis is “(a) Earlier school start times will be associated with lower standardized test scores, poor attendance, higher retention rates, lower school rank, and school underperformance; (b) earlier start times will be especially risky for school performance standards in more disadvantaged schools, including

Schools should have a later start time to improve academic performance and student health. The first reason all schools should have a later start time is that there could be a reduced risk of teen crashes. If teens get more sleep, they are more alert, which would be easier to pay attention. But, if teens are tired, they have slower reaction times and have a harder time paying attention. Sleepiness is a major factor in teen crashes. AAA, the American Automobile Association, says that drowsiness contributes