What if you weren’t so tired in school? Imagine feeling energized and refreshed, ready to learn with your classmates all around you, happily talking about class and catching up with each other. School could be so much better. Therefore, the question is-- should schools have later starting times? In “Should School Start Later?”…
The average start time for schools across the nation is 8:00. In many of the studies referenced there is a common theme that school starts too early which has a negative effect of the students health and their ability to learn in school. Consequently, a later start time in school, especially high schools, would be extremely beneficial to not only the students but schools as well.…
Did you know that they start school at 7:17 ? The starting early associated with poor academic performance, poor attendance/being tardy a lot, higher rate of accidents and injuries. Just about 40% of american high schools start class before 8 am and more than 20% of middles schools start at 7:45 a.m. or earlier. 8.5 - 9.5 is the hours of sleep you are supposed to get each night. Columbia Missouri high school start time from 7:50 a.m. to 7:20 a.m. a full half hour earlier.…
Schools should start later in the morning due to the fact that teens can possibly get better grades and that teens were made to wake up later. Teens wouldn't just deal with stress, they would notice things that they cannot control. Teens are not getting the learning experience they need to become doctors, lawyers etc. Many people believe that school should stay the way it is or problems will start to come. I disagree because if things don't start changing, then kids will never be able to do better in school.…
Over 15% of middle school students fell asleep in class because of lack of sleep. School start times should be later. Later school start times have students that have better grades. Schools that start later, having students with better moods. Earlier school start times have a negative effect on students’ mental health.…
Dear Edmonson County school board members, Have you ever wanted to stay in bed just a little bit longer? That’s how most teenagers in America feels right before school. A new controversy has emerged: should school start at 9:00 a.m. or stay the same? In my opinion school should start later, because it decreases disorders, decreases absences, and decreases motor vehicle accidents. If school started later it would decrease disorders.…
In the years of 2017-18, there has been much debate about how early middle-high schools should start. Several middle and high schools have already pushed their school start times back to 10:00-11:00. The result: many benefits ranging from congenial health to high test scores. These schools have become more successful, and the students more jubilant.…
To start of with, it would cost way more money for the school districts. The article “Should school start later” states “For some school districts, the cost could run into the millions.” This quote is saying that the students would need to buy more buses and build more garages…
With this change for the better, students can obtain a more joyous and healthier life, be successful in school, and live a more danger free life. If schools would push back their start times, students would…
In a Washington Post article, it talks about a survey held in Montgomery county, where almost half of the counties teachers took part. the survey was about the later start times for school, and 63% of the survey takers said that making the school start later would not have any impact on academic achievement. This idea of there being no academic improvement from later school start times is false, as it has already been proven that students do benefit in grades because of the extra rest they recive from schools starting later. It is also said in the report that parents along with activists are pushing to get school start times later, so it is not only students, but their families too that want this change. It seems like most of the opposition for the later school times is coming from the schools themselves, instead of the families who all agree that they want this change.…
Why should schools start later? Well, there are many benefits to later starts. Some benefits include better grades, better health, and reduce of teenage car crashes. Also, many middle and high schools in the states have already begun to start no early than 8:30. This is important because students need sleep.…
Some might argue students shouldn't start school later because it could make classes shorter. While this could be true, school ending time can be pushed back to accommodate an…
A new warning has just been issued to students: “The tiredness that you feel in the morning may not be your own fault but a product of your everyday habits. Some habits that lead to your tiredness could involve your tablets, phones, video games, or even your after school job!” In the past, children, teens, and even teachers have faced tiredness at least once throughout the day, and many want a solution. Teens face many obstacles when trying to acquire enough hours of sleep, and this problem often leads to a common solution of starting school at a later time in the day, but this solution is not one that solves all problems. There are many scientific details behind starting school later.…
The average teenager needs 8-10 hours of sleep each night to maintain a healthy lifestyle, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Their circadian rhythm causes them to want to fall asleep around 11:00 pm and need approximately 9 hours of sleep every night, which result in teenagers waking up later too. A good solution would be to have a later school-start time. However, problems that might have been overlooked in the past are now resurfacing. All of these situations suggest a later start time is not a viable solution.…
People worldwide are concerned about schools starting too early in the day and have been debating about the benefits of later school start times. Every weekday, students must face the struggle of waking up early to get ready for school without getting enough sleep the night before. Schools starting at a later time during weekdays would allow students to have extra time to sleep in the morning and be more alert and focused. This can result in less sleep-related car accidents and tardies. It can also provide opportunities for students to succeed in school because studies show that alert students are more willing to study and understand concepts than if they were tired.…