Schools that have adjusted their schedule to start later than the standard 8:03 a.m schedule have students with better performance, so it would optimal to adjust the start time to 8:30 a.m minimum. By further allowing more time in the morning, both teachers and students can be more satisfied since they can have breakfast or do whatever they wish to do. It is debateful that starting school later means it ends later in the evening, however with the current schedule it causes more harm overall - thus compromise is necessary for better results instead of personal…
In the article “Our kids need more sleep” Written by Valerie Erde, she makes many good points about why school should be set back to a later time. First is how it increases academic alertness and vigilance. Second, is how a later start time decreases depression in teens and decreases tardiness and decreases truancy. Last, is how this later start time is actually helping the students get better grades. I one hundred percent agree with this and believe these policies should definitely be implemented.…
Even 30 minute differences help improve students scores from B to B+, or a C to C+. “In the past three years, however, scientific studies have piled up, and they all lead to the same conclusion: a later start time improves learning. And the later the start, the better”(Fischetti). Even studies over the US show that later start times improve grades. “Tiredness and fatigue, however, tend to diminish motivation, particularly for tasks perceived as boring or tedious”(Foster).its the motivation and energy in the kids that era them the good grades. When it is clear that later start times improve grades schools should be determined to help the students.…
Later school start times would allow teens to get more sleep, and in turn, would benefit their…
It has been debated whether a later start time in school would be beneficial to the students or not. While some believe changing the start time would fail to have an effect on anything (or even have negative consequences), others argue that students could have multiple benefits to a later start time. Later school start times positively affect students because they become more involved with school, decreases bad behaviors, and increases the moods of the children.…
Researchers have found that 59% of middle schoolers and 87% of high schoolers are getting less than the recomended 8 to 9 hours of sleep a night (National Sleep Foundation). “Conflicts between parents and school districts”(Pediatricians Say School Should Start Later for Teens Health) the conflict with starting school later has had a lot of controversy. Parents think that it is horrifically challenging to move schedules up and back with the school districts. Why? Parents have busy schedules with work and have to change their work setting or call into their job and say that they are late. It is a very confusing aspect because students want to start later for the better benefit of them. On the other hand parents have to get to work early and make sure that there kids are at school at the same time. Parents seem to struggle abundantly when it comes to school starting later. Sometimes they have to call someone to take their kids because they have a different working schedule than their kids going to school. It is a very beneficial change that people in schools need to look into because students seem to like the idea of it. It benefits them on their sleep and the way the day…
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a late start time? Well many students have, and we would like to make that dream a reality! Having a later start time would have many benefits, including more sleep which we all need sometimes. The students in Lake Zurich, Illinois would like a later start time. A later start time has many health benefits and learning benefits. There are other schools that have experienced success with later start times. Overall, more sleep means healthier kids.…
Many teachers and school administrators say that all this evidence is highly anecdotal, but a Minneapolis school noticed evident benefits of making the school day work with the students ' internal clocks after moving its starting time one hour later in 1996. Students ' grades spiked, and teachers reported that "students were more alert, more attentive in…
Overall, the benefits of starting school later in the day highly outweigh the opportunity costs. Schools would see happier and more attentive students filling the desks every day. When the students are happy, everything else works out. This idea has proven to benefit trying schools, so this idea has many reasons to be given a…
First, if middle and high schools started later, the bus times would not be coextending with elementary bus times, which would cost all school districts to evoke more buses, and would cost more money all across the country. Next, most school districts have delicately balanced their bus times, and all the change would be exhausting for families, teachers, and bus drivers. Kurt Vonnegut once said,”Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” Ultimately, shifting start times will cause traffic congestion for teachers and students, making it harder to get to school on time even when late start has been implemented.…
In conclusion, if the school start time is pushed back, our after school activities are pushed back, we will get home later and we will have less time to study and we will get less sleep. Starting school later in the morning does NOT give us more time to sleep. We will be forced to stay up later to study for the big test, to finish the project, and to do the thirty math problems we haven’t made a dent in yet because we haven’t had TIME. We will be waking up an hour earlier to finish homework we were too tired to get done the night before and we will end up getting less…
Starting school later in the day kids will be able to function during the school day, getting the sleep they need, and having an increase of school attendance. We want our kids to be excited about school and want to go. In all, school times should be pushed back at least 40 minutes. It will help students get the sleep they need so they can be proficient in school and be ready to give it their…
Some people that might not like the schedule change, would be parents. Some parents could think, that this could be the best thing, or the worst thing to happen. Some might not like it because, of the change. Parents don’t usually like change, they genuinely don’t want their children to have it harder on themselves then it already was before. Parent might not also like how the school year would still have nine week quarters, but then followed with three weeks of break. On the other hand, parents might also like it. Why parents might like it would be, that their child would not cause that much trouble around the house, or on the street. It really goes both ways in this situation, and it depends on what kind of parent you talk to.…
Don't you hate waking up early in the morning? Almost every weekday, high school students are waking up around six o'clock in the morning to get ready for school. And some even earlier! It's not logical for high school classes to start at 7:50 a.m. It's too early for teenage minds to function properly. Our school should start at least an hour later than that. With the extra hour, our attendance would improve, as well as our grades and attitudes. The facts are there, so why shouldn't the hours change?…
The present school start time is too early for the school to be expecting students to be at their best and prepared for the day. Starting the school day so early is hindering high school students from performing at their peak. Students are missing sleep from the early school start time and as a result, are not operating at their best. Early start times also prevent students from gaining the mental efficiency to be successful in their classes. High schools should change the start time from 7:20AM to…