The authors Michelle Trudeau and Dan Weissman support the idea that high schools should delay the start time within school days. They support their claims with evidence from their writing "High Schools Starting Later to Help Sleepy Teens" and "High Schools Will Keep Starting Too Early. Here's why.". The authors of these texts use evidence to support their claims that later start times in high schools would help both the students and the school. Also, by having later school starting times high schoolers will have benefits in their health.
In the beginning of the article, Weissman states, “The American Academy of Pediatrics has joined a chorus that’s been growing louder for years: The school day should start later for teenagersbecause they aren’t wired to go to bed early — and they need their sleep. The AAP says this is a public-health issue: Sleep-deprived teenagers are more likely to crash cars, get depressed, and become obese. Also, they may not do as well in school. However, early start times aren't going away quickly, and probably won't, because of the costs.”
High school starts at 7:30 in the morning in most places. High school students typically get up an hour before or earlier in order to get ready for the day ahead. High schools should begin classes an hour later so that students may have more rest so they may be more aware and more likely to learn. If school began an hour later this would let students get more sleep, as they would more than likely continue to go to bed at the same time they do currently. “Research shows that teenagers’ body clocks are set to a schedule that is different from that of younger children or adults.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine asserts that early school days lead to accidents along the roads, depression among the young teenagers, and upsurge in poor performance academically for middle and high school students. Teens struggle through the challenge of waking up very early in the morning so that they can be at school at the right time. Research implies that teens should get at least eight to nine hours of night sleep for their good health. Various sponsors such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control have the strong advice on why schools should start later. Nevertheless, by being able to sleep more before school starts, students will be able to become well rested, more attentive in classroom settings, and perform better as learners.
According to School Starts Later: Healthy Hours, “Most teenagers need 8.5 to 9.25 hours of sleep every night, but two thirds of teens get only seven hours of sleep, which leads to about 33% of teens falling asleep in class.” Let’s place quotes around the numerical facts. Less sleep affects the teen’s education and can lead to bad grades. With less sleep, the students could even flunk a class. If high school classes started at 10:00 a.m. instead of the usual 8:20 a.m., sleeping wouldn’t be an issue.
In his article “The Economic Case for Letting Teenagers Sleep a Little Later,” Aaron E. Carroll insists that schools should delay start times to reap the abundance of economic and academic benefits. Carroll states that by starting school later there is more opportunity to achieve the recommended nine to ten hours of sleep every night. However, there’s the argument that delaying school start times would only make students stay up later making no difference at all, which may be true for some individuals. Carroll disproves this argument with a statistic from a study showing that by simply delaying school start times by 25 to 60 minutes sleep times in teens increase by 25 to 77 minutes per week night; which means that students allowed to sleep in still go to bed around the same time equating to more sleep time. Further studies used in the article state that by allowing time for more sleep per night students achieve higher grades, which later equates to a higher salary.
Therefore, high schools should start later because attendance will improve, students’ health will improve, and there are going to be less car accidents if the students sleep more at night. In the morning it is no much people in the school because they prefer sleeping just like I want to be. I don't like to wake up early, and they are don't pay attention to the class because they are still thinking about going to sleep in that class. According to most sleep experts, most adolescents need about 9 hours of sleep per night.
Day after day students have to drag themselves out of bed extremely early in order to make it to school on time, and as students get older, schools start even earlier and it makes them more exhausted than ever. Many schools around the country start before the recommended time of 8:30 am, particularly high schools which start the earliest. Starting school so early takes a toll on adolescents’ health, sleep schedules, and concentration, which can result in poor academic achievement and safety issues. High schools around the country should push back their school start times in order to provide safe and healthy conditions for students and boost their academic performance. Adolescents need about 8-10 hours of sleep a night in order to be getting a full night’s sleep; however, majority of high school students don’t get anywhere near that.
The time a high school starts can influence the education, habits, and health of its students. Many people believe that starting the school day later will have the most beneficial effect on learners. However, assuming the length of the school day stays the same, then an earlier start time would actually be a better choice. The benefits of an earlier start time begin with a plethora of after-school activities.
However, this is not the case. In fact, starting school earlier will improve finance and efficiency. Take the Bonneville County School System in Idaho, for example. When the system implemented later school times, the absence rate dropped 15%. Why is this important?
Teens don’t get enough sleep and it’s impacting them majorly and negatively. It affects students at school by causing them to be agitated instead of patient, irritated instead of social, and tired instead of focused. In the article, “Sleep Deprivation May Be Undermining Teen Health,” by Siri Carpenter she claims that, “Compared with students whose schools maintained earlier start times, students with later starts reported getting more sleep on school nights, being less sleepy during the day, getting slightly higher grades and experiencing fewer depressive feelings and thoughts.” If all schools started at later times then students will be more focused; thus, students will have better grades and they will feel more confident in themselves which will prevent them from having self-deteriorating thoughts. The main reason why high school students are always so tired is because most of the classes include hours of homework each night.
Students, who attend school really early in the morning, become very tired in the middle of the day. This causes lack of focus and interest in the students during classes, and they end up with no energy for the rest of the day. It has been proven by doctors that teenagers’ brains are mentally asleep before 10:00 A.M. in the morning (1). For this reason, the earliest schools may start is 9:00 A.M.. Some students go to school at 7:00
21% of teen motor vehicle accidents are caused by drowsy driving. Many teens everyday are complaining about their school start times being way too early. Teen tiredness is now considered to be a public health pandemic. School starting at a later time is beneficial because it helps students catch up on sleep. It helps students stay out of trouble.
One reason school should not start later is because it can interfere with some teens’ part-time jobs and after school activities such as clubs and sports. In the article it states, “ A later start, say opponents, also interferes with some teens’ part-time jobs and disrupts after-school sports and clubs.” This shows that if schools start later, they can interfere with your personal activities such as sports and clubs. “Students Start School Later in the Morning” by ABC News relates to the focus because they ask students if they think it is a good idea to start school later. The ABC news person was asking a parent if she thinks school should start later.
According to article ¨Bright and Early...or Not?¨, ¨ Jatul became interested in a later start time after facing groggy teens at school and at home, after her own kids hit adolescence.¨ If teens start to go to school bad moods, it would affect their learning environment as a result, causing not paying attention in class, getting distracted, and getting lower scores on test then expected. Schools starting earlier would change all of this, kisa would be scoring higher on tests since they have the extra time to get rest. According to ¨Support for sleeping in? Half of parents favor later school start times for teens¨ it states, ¨ ...research shows benefits for adolescents' physical and mental health, including reduced risks of obesity and depression¨. There has been polls that prove that starting school later on in the day will help adolescents physically and mentally.
