Why start school later?

Backgrounder: Later School Start Times (National Sleep Foundation)

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/backgrounder-later-school-start-times

The Curse of America's Illogical School Day Schedule (Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, Sept. 19, 2018)

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/09/school-day-sleep-workday/570658/

Sleep Guidance

Paruthi S, Brooks LJ, D’Ambrosio C, et al., (2016). Recommended amount of sleep for pediatric populations: a consensus statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 12(6), 785–786. Available at: www.aasmnet.org/Resources/pdf/Pediatricsleepdurationconsensus.pdf

How many hours of sleep do you actually need? It depends on how well you want your brain to work (Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science, April 11, 2017)

Sleep in the Modern Family Infographic (National Sleep Foundation)

The Teen Sleep Crisis (Mathew Hutson, Scholastic Magazine, March 2013)

Tips for Better Sleep (Center for Disease Control, 2016)

Popular Speakers

Expert Dr. Judith Owens, Director of Sleep Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital

Video Introducing the American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations for Middle and High Schools to Start School Later

(2 minutes, 23 seconds)

Presentation at Radnor High School on February 7, 2019

Attended by LMSD parents, a member of the Board of School Directors, and co-chair of the Sleep and School Start Time Focus exploration group.

(1 hour, 4 minutes)

Presentation at Lower Merion High School in March 2014

(1 hour, 27 minutes)

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Dr. Wendy Troxel, Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist with RAND Corporation

Recent speaker at the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit attended by Lower Merion School District Administrators and several members of the Board of School Directors (Spring 2018)

Presentation at Radnor High School, March 12, 2018

(1 hour, 7 minutes)