Mathis Moore
Too early
There are plenty of risks caused by not getting enough sleep for your age, such as being more likely to be overweight, depressive symptoms, and perform poorly in school and activities. That being said, the CDC reports that less than 1 in 5 school in the United States start before 8:30, which is what they recommend schools start at. While teachers would benefit from the extra sleep themselves, they also would see students be more attentive in the morning because they would not be as tired. Ergo, Schools should start later than 8:30 because students and teachers would benefit in health from getting extra sleep, and would benefit from being more attentive and awake in the morning.
The first problem with school starting times being too early in …show more content…
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. It seems illogical to ignore the evidence that shows benefits to students, but for one reason or another most schools have decided to keep their early start
Too early
There are plenty of risks caused by not getting enough sleep for your age, such as being more likely to be overweight, depressive symptoms, and perform poorly in school and activities. That being said, the CDC reports that less than 1 in 5 school in the United States start before 8:30, which is what they recommend schools start at. While teachers would benefit from the extra sleep themselves, they also would see students be more attentive in the morning because they would not be as tired. Ergo, Schools should start later than 8:30 because students and teachers would benefit in health from getting extra sleep, and would benefit from being more attentive and awake in the morning.
The first problem with school starting times being too early in …show more content…
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. It seems illogical to ignore the evidence that shows benefits to students, but for one reason or another most schools have decided to keep their early start