Later Start Time Research Paper

Most of you feel dead in the morning. School times should change to a later start time. Extensive research has shown lower test scores in first period classes. Attendance in earlier start time schools has decreased. Also the amount of kids have reported less amounts of depression. This is why we need later start times in school. First off the lower test scores in first period class are caused by less amounts of sleep at night. “Students who described themselves as struggling or failing school (C's, D's/F's) reported that on school nights they obtain about 25 min less sleep and go to bed an average of 40 min later than A and B students, ps < .001. In addition, students with worse grades reported greater weekend delays of sleep schedule than did those with better grades”(Wolfson, Carskadon p.875-887). This is basically saying that when surveyed, kids that slept for 25 minutes less that others had worse grades and have C’s D’s and F’s. when kids that …show more content…
The states that when students get around 50 more minutes of sleep a night the have better attendance rates. Also schools that tried this later start time for school found a large decrease in student tardies. This is the second reason all school should start at a later start time.
The third reason that I believe changing the start times will have a positive impact is because there has been a large decrease in student depression in schools who start later. Also studies say “... in 1997 the seven comprehensive high schools in the Minneapolis Public School District shifted the school start time from 7:15 a. m. to 8:40 a. M. ... less student-reported depression” (Wahistrom, 2002). This is just further proof that starting schools at a later time will only benefit the students that