Why Schools Should Start Later

Do you ever wake up and feel like you haven’t gotten enough sleep? The reason is because in reality you probably haven’t. Studies show that schools should not start any earlier that 8:30 in the morning due to teens suffering from sleep deprivation. There are many negative effects this condition can have on a teens body including a direct effect on one’s physical and mental health, public safety and excelling in the future. In the Ted Talk video, " Why school should start later for teens" by, Wendy Troxel.  Ms. Troxel explained why school should start later for teens.. Students are very drowsy in the morning and are usually rushing to get to school on time which limits breakfasts times and healthy food options. Schools should start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.  for several reasons  but sleep deprivation is  the most important. Sleep deprivation can cause a direct effect to a child’s general health and behavior, public safety and potentially future success.

Early school start times prevent many students and teachers from getting a full nine hours of sleep per night. Some people say that waking up early will help prepare them for later in life; however, this is actually hurting them because of the likelihood of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and many other impacts to students health. Schools should begin later in the morning because it will improve grades, student-athletes that participate in school , and the overall health of the students and teachers.​ Starting school later in the day will increase the overall health and productivity of a student. Students could develop serious mental health issues and diseases which would ruin them and those around them. The following excerpt is from the book The Promise of Sleep written by William Dement and

Have you ever been really tired when you wake up for school in the morning? Sleep is very important to all teens, or it should be. Young adults should have 8.5-9.25 hours of sleep every night, according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), in Sarah McKibben’s article “Wake Up Calls”. Unfortunately, two-thirds of teens are getting less than 7 hours of sleep each night, according to the NSF’s chart. This is causing a large number of schools and scientists to think that schools should start later in the morning. I fiercely disagree with this. Schools should not start later because starting later for high schools would cause too many negative consequences.

Do you wake up in the mornings to your alarm and snooze it because you are still tired and need more sleep? Many students have complained about the time you are required to get up for school. Most teens are arguing that it is healthier for them to get more sleep. In the article “Despite proven benefits, Starting School Later Remains ‘A Tough Sell’” by Tim Walker, claims that “...letting students sleep and starting school later can lead to better health and academic outcomes.”. Students should be given more time to sleep because it is good for them.

One reason should start later is it helps you get better grades and be more alert. “Schools that have pushed start times to 8am, or later have seen promising results. Students are more alert and there are fewer incidents of tardiness.”(20) says Justin O’Neill, author of “Should School Start Later?”. Also, if school started later we would get more sleep.

School days should start later in the day because there are many benefits to doing so. Such as improved grades, Test scores, and safer roads because teens won’t be as drowsy if they sleep 8 plus hours.

First, schools should not start later because transportation would be an issue. Some parents may have trouble getting their kids to school because of their work schedule. For example, Liz Szabo, from USA Today, she quoted Daniel Domenech, in her article “Study: Most teens start school too early in morning to get enough sleep” states, "It's a logistical nightmare," said Daniel Domenech, executive director of AASA, the School Superintendents Association., who said that school districts have to consider the cost of school buses, as well as traffic...” This is significant because most school districts have at least one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school that would need busses to take them to and from school. Parents would not benefit if school started later because parents would now have to worry about being late to

I believe schools should move to a later start time. Starting later will be beneficial to teens. Starting time later will benefit teens because as they are growing and getting older they are requiring more sleep. First, teens require more sleep. For instance, teens require about 9.5 hours of sleep after puberty but only get 7.5 hours.

It is to be true that a regular high school student needs 8-10 hours of sleep so that their bodies can rest in addition to recover from a long day. However, the students bodies are not functioning correctly on a school day which generates a slow reaction speed as well as alertness at school. Their bodies are not functioning correctly due to the load of sleep that they obtain regularly. Statistics from (McKibben, 2015) analyses that 2/3 of high school students are getting less than seven hours of sleep. They are

Starting schools later, even as early as 8:30 am would reduce the amount of car crashes that high schooler and buses have because since it is later in the morning, when teenagers can get more sleep and they have less fatigue and sleep deprivation so they can focus on the road. Sleep deprivation impairs the brain to be able to be alert, pay attention, solve problems and cope with stress. If schools started as early as an hour later than students would get more sleep and this would result in many beneficial and positive things for the brain like alertness and ability to concentrate. CDC also reports that 70% of high school teens sleep for 7 hours or less. Teens need to sleep for at least 8-10 hours, this is because the teenage brain produces the sleep-inducing hormone called melatonin at a delayed schedule.

Getting these hours of sleep is healthy and it prepares their brain to do all the school works. Therefore, school should start later in the morning. School should start later in the morning, because students need to have enough sleep every day for their health. According to the article “Start School Later”, “Early school hours prevent many students and young teacher from getting the nine or so hours of sleep per night that most teenager and young adults need” (1).

They also say that not getting full night’s sleep can affect their health,safety and academic performance. Meaning that when they get to school in class they would less likely to pay attention and this could prevent them from getting good grades on test. This could lead to kids getting a F in that class and would most likely to be held back. Students will be more focus in the

I think schools should start later and this is why I think why. When school start later kids would have better grades. They would get better grades because they could stay up longer to study because school would not start right away in the morning. Some car crashes are made by teens and when teens are hurts like that they can’t attend school so therefor they can’t learn.

It has been believed for generations that the earlier that school starts the better a students life will become believing that it is necessary for a student to wake up early so that their brain can be more active. It is also believed that students who sleep in or have a hard time waking up are lazy and some might say that they don't care about their education. These statements are false recent studies show that the earlier that school starts the more it will impact students negatively. Schools should start later because earlier school start times lead mental and physical health problems, later school start times reduces tardiness, absenteeism, and improve the students safety, and later school start times improve academic performance.

One of the reasons that school should be started later is because it does not give growing teens enough time to sleep. Sleep researcher, Wendy Troxel, who spoke on TED, says that high school aged kids’ sleep cycles do no start until 11 p.m and do not end until 8 a.m. This means that whenever students’ alarms go off from anywhere around 5-7:30 a.m, it simply does not