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Why School Should Start Later

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Have you ever had to go to sleep early because you had something important the next day and you needed a good night's sleep? Schools are starting later and later as researchers are saying that kids perform better when they get more sleep. There a a lot of reasons to support this, one is that it has been proven that kids do better on tests and quizzes following a good night’s sleep. School starting later could help with child obesity. It has been proven that when school starts later that there is improved attendance, graduation rates, and reduced car crash rates. School starting later would benefit the teachers and staff as well. The graduation rate alone is one very good reason for school to start later. School should start at at least 9:00. …show more content…

According to Sarah Mckibben in her article “Wake Up Call”, “A study at the US Air Force Academy, showed first year students starting class after 8 a.m. performed better not only in their first classes but throughout the day.” This proves that school starting later helps kids earn better grades. This also is helpful to the teachers in a way that the students are learning the things they should be. If school started later than the kids would be awake when they were learning the topics. Secondly, this could help stop child obesity and diseases. Sarah Mckibben also say in her article “Wake Up Call”, “Insufficient sleep in teens is associated with obesity…” This proves that if school started later than obesity in children should go down along with a list of other things that are caused by school starting at 8:00. If school started later than the health of children would be better than it is now. This would also help with other problems like fighting, drinking, smoking, and suicidal tendencies. Finally, it could help with tardiness, graduation rates, and reduced car crash

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