Therefore, school hours should start later in the day because waking up early in the morning makes students very sleep deprived, decreases academic achievement and health, and because teenage bodies are still growing, it puts off their biological process for sleeping.…
Some people think that school should start later, due to a variety of reasons. They may say that you can get a bigger breakfast when having more time. Most parents have to go to work before their kids wake up, so that they wouldn’t be able to make a big breakfast in time or at all. Other people supporting the later school start time will say the obvious, that you get more sleep. However, kids will start vamping with the extra time they have and can get them an even more limited time of sleep.…
One reason we should not start school later is because of the lack of time students are left with after school. Coming home to a mountain of homework is a lot of pressure, especially when you must start it late in the afternoon. Justin O’neill from Scholastic Scope article, “Should schools start later?” agrees with this. He says, “Starting school later means dismissing school later. This can interfere with bus schedules, after school activities, and family time” (20). This demonstrates that the amount of time lost in the morning adds up, and it interferes with your personal life. But that is not…
It's 7:30 as the first bell rings and kids are tired and walking to there classes barely awake like zombies. School starting so early can hurt middle school and high schoolers education. Studies show even moving start times back 30 min would help and be a step in the right direction. The more awake kids are the more information they take in . Yes the kids could help themselves by going to sleep earlier but biological research shows that circadian rhythms shift causing teens to stay up later. Schools should start later because they start a bit to early because too little sleep can cause problems, health organizations and doctors recommend later start times, and Later start times will improve grades.…
“42 states reported that most (75%-100%) public schools started before 8:30 a.m” (“Schools Start Too Early”). Most schools start before 8:30. A decent amount of schools start around 7:20. Schools start early in the day and release later in the afternoon. This has become routine, but studies show that students who start early in the day perform worse in school compared to those who start later in the day. Schools should implement a later start time for higher schoolers since high schoolers would get around the recommended amount of sleep, preventing sleeping in school and high schoolers academics and safety will increase, since they will get enough sleep to study before school and prevent drowsiness.…
Have you ever woken up feeling groggy and not wanting to go to school or do anything at all? As a result, many students go to school late or do not academically progress and participate in class. According to the Scholastic Scope article “Should School Start Later?” by Justin O’Neil and the article “Sleepy Teens: High School Should Start Later in the Morning” by Mark Fischetti, many schools are considering starting school later to help students succeed academically. Students have more trouble concentrating in class because they are not getting enough sleep. Some students arrive at school later because they oversleep. To make sure that there is less tardiness and the academic growth increases, schools are looking…
I think that starting the school day later would greatly benefit the students and teachers. if we started school at about say nine thirty in the morning instead of eight thirty or earlier, that would mean that most students wouldn't need to be awake in the morning till almost seven thirty to eight thirty and some kids could even wake up a little later then that depending on where they live. granite it is proven that high school students only need six to eight hours of sleep each night but there is always that few that never get the six to eight hours of sleep.…
"Having a later start time increases school attendance and the students paying more attention in class," (apa.org)Having more attendance and paying more attention will help with the future testes and even getting into college. "Disciplinary actions decrease,"(apa.org). Having more sleep (later start time) decreases the not-good behavior in students. Now for other schools experiences.…
Introduction- Sara mckibben stated to the Start Schools Later Healthy Hours article, that more than 82.2% of U.S. middle, high, and combined public school require students to attend classes at times earlier than recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Children and teens need more sleep, but school starts so early they do not get that sleep. However some people think they should not start later in the day. Schools should start later in the day because children and teens need more sleep and teen car crashes happen more when teens are tired and have to go to school.…
A multitude of schools across the United States start between 7 and 8 A.M. Many people think that those times are too early, and they may say “Those early school start times contribute to low quality grades.” That is not a factual statement. There are a variety of reasons why earlier school start times are better for students.…
In order for students to achieve the best from their education, schools should start later in the morning. Students biological clocks would benefit from this, and in turn students would show better behavior. When schools start later, it gives students time to fully wake up and achieve the best results in…
Students could get more sleep if school started later. For example, British sleep scientists argue that school school shouldn’t start until at least 10 o’clock. Data from Wake County, North Carolina, Examined how start times affect performance of middle school students on standardized test… found that delaying school start…
Overall, the benefits of starting school later in the day highly outweigh the opportunity costs. Schools would see happier and more attentive students filling the desks every day. When the students are happy, everything else works out. This idea has proven to benefit trying schools, so this idea has many reasons to be given a…
Over 20% of Americans suffer from sleep loss and more than 1,500 deaths a year are caused by drivers that have fallen asleep at the wheel. One way these two frightening statistics could be lowered is by simply changing school start times. Students need more sleep than what they are getting due to early school start times, which is getting sleepy drivers on the road. School start times should be later than they are now because middle school and high school students are “programmed” to sleep in, sleep improves grades and it also improves physical health.…
Kids are too tired in the morning when they go to school. School starts too early. Kids are even falling asleep in class! Kids will be more energetic in class. Problems come with school starting early. Kids have no energy, they’re slow, and they can’t focus very well. Kids should be able to get sleep during the school week. If kids are working late on a big assignment like a project or paper they might not get much sleep that night.…