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The debate on pushing school start times: Is there a perfect solution?
Despite strong scientific evidence to suggest that teens would benefit greatly from later school start times, California has vetoed a bill that would ensure middle and high schools do not start before 8:30AM. Why?
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The Teen Sleep Epidemic: Biology and School Start Times
“It’s too expensive to start the school day later.” “Extracurriculars will suffer if we start school later.” “We shouldn’t coddle teens by pushing school start times.” These are just some of the arguments against later school start times for teens. Although the public has become increasingly aware of the sleep deprivation epidemic among teens in…