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Reading List on Sleep and School Start Times

 The purpose of this document is to provide material on adolescent sleep and the impact of school start times on student sleep and daytime functioning.

SmartSchoolStart.org – links to background, research, discussion

American Academy of Pediatrics
Policy statement recommending later school start times for adolescents:

StartSchoolLater.net:

Elementary Feedback on Changed Start Times

American Psychological Association – Early Elementary School Start Times Tougher on Economically Advantaged Children

Journal of Educational Psychology

Times Dispatch article – Higher teen crash rates tied to early school day

FURTHER READING
National Sleep Foundation

Impact of Early School Start Times on Teens (Debbie Moore) –

Education Next

Fairfax Public Schools conducted an extensive study on school start times and posted their findings on their website. http://www.fcps.edu/news/starttimes.shtml

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