The longstanding debate over school start times typically pits the parents of tired students against school officials who argue later times complicate after-school sporting events. It even cited a published study that linked a one-hour delay in start times with a 16.5% drop in the rate of car crashes among student drivers. As teenagers enter puberty, their biological programming for sleep shifts later, the statement notes, causing a clash with early start times that results in sleep deprivation. (Photo: Antonio_Diaz, Getty Images/iStockphoto)Teenagers' school days shouldn't begin before 8:30 a.m., says American Academy of Sleep Medicine, linking early start times to car accidents, depression and poor academic performance. In a position statement published Saturday in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, the sleep research group asserted that later start times aid peak alertness and performance while supporting better mental health and student safety.
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Schools should start later to prevent accidents, depression, scientists say
Schools should start later to prevent accidents, depression, scientists say12:29, 19 April 2017, 307AKIPRESS.COM - Teenagers' school days shouldn't begin before 8:30 a.m., says American Academy of Sleep Medicine, linking early start times to car accidents, depression and poor academic performance, USA Today reported. The longstanding debate over school start times typically pits the parents of tired students against school officials who argue later times complicate after-school sporting events. As teenagers enter puberty, their biological programming for sleep shifts later, the statement notes, causing a clash with early start times that results in sleep deprivation. It even cited a published study that linked a one-hour delay in start times with a 16.5% drop in the rate of car crashes among student drivers. In a position statement published Saturday in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, the sleep research group asserted that later start times aid peak alertness and performance while supporting better mental health and student safety.
Schools should start later for teens, experts say
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