Article Review: Starting School Later for Teens
Summary of a wall street journal article on starting school later.
How could a mere 30 more minutes added to a teenager’s sleeping schedule be so beneficial to day-time students? According to Judith Owens, the director of the pediatric sleep clinic Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, it was a controversial question weather it would be beneficial to the students to start their school days at 8:30 a.m. rather than 8 a.m.. Dr. Owen’s who was the lead author who ran a study at a private school in Rhode island involved about 200 day students during the 2009 winter term at St. George’s private school in R.I.. The students agreed to complete a sleep-habits survey including questions involving mood and depression. Dr. Owens states that growing teenagers need more than just 8 hours of sleep and do to academics and extracurricular activities, “The average adolescent has difficulty falling asleep before 11 p.m.” This study reported the number of students getting 8 hours of sleep increased from 16.4% to 54.7% and daytime sleepiness fell from 49.1% to 20% including changes in mood such as depression or getting irritated/annoyed also dropped about 20%. Some students even reported they felt so much better sleeping later, they also decided to try to go to bed earlier and get even more sleep. Due to results including the study and the comparison from the previous start time; students and faculty overwhelmingly voted to keep the new start-time at 8:30 a.m. rather than 8 a.m. slndlvga;sndv;salnjsaldnsgadkjfgdsjflghwal;gihl;cmnsdlgnsdfglsdlfgoserh;nglosendfl.ngdslf'gnsdlfng/dlsfkgniernhl/kdfhn/s.fnhlsdilsoernf;leasiorhlkiohgfjle;dokgfjn oe rih rn.leak lokehnrgl iahner.l ohanoa ehnw.lgoanhsfro nasel okhelor; h.alwskdhigvlhjf snhjfghl;fhgol; olasrghn;aorg olrgjh eoslfknasp;'gih l;askdghriwkmlcnvd.lfjsghruioh o;ahisjglhf lasjkd. Essay is too short.
How could a mere 30 more minutes added to a teenager’s sleeping schedule be so beneficial to day-time students? According to Judith Owens, the director of the pediatric sleep clinic Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, it was a controversial question weather it would be beneficial to the students to start their school days at 8:30 a.m. rather than 8 a.m.. Dr. Owen’s who was the lead author who ran a study at a private school in Rhode island involved about 200 day students during the 2009 winter term at St. George’s private school in R.I.. The students agreed to complete a sleep-habits survey including questions involving mood and depression. Dr. Owens states that growing teenagers need more than just 8 hours of sleep and do to academics and extracurricular activities, “The average adolescent has difficulty falling asleep before 11 p.m.” This study reported the number of students getting 8 hours of sleep increased from 16.4% to 54.7% and daytime sleepiness fell from 49.1% to 20% including changes in mood such as depression or getting irritated/annoyed also dropped about 20%. Some students even reported they felt so much better sleeping later, they also decided to try to go to bed earlier and get even more sleep. Due to results including the study and the comparison from the previous start time; students and faculty overwhelmingly voted to keep the new start-time at 8:30 a.m. rather than 8 a.m. slndlvga;sndv;salnjsaldnsgadkjfgdsjflghwal;gihl;cmnsdlgnsdfglsdlfgoserh;nglosendfl.ngdslf'gnsdlfng/dlsfkgniernhl/kdfhn/s.fnhlsdilsoernf;leasiorhlkiohgfjle;dokgfjn oe rih rn.leak lokehnrgl iahner.l ohanoa ehnw.lgoanhsfro nasel okhelor; h.alwskdhigvlhjf snhjfghl;fhgol; olasrghn;aorg olrgjh eoslfknasp;'gih l;askdghriwkmlcnvd.lfjsghruioh o;ahisjglhf lasjkd. Essay is too short.