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Start Time Subcommittee

Recommendation to School Committee, June 3, 2019

Presentation of Findings to School Committee, March 18, 2019

What You Need to Know About Sleep and the Adolescent Brain - Dr. Chun Lin Presentation, Curtis Middle School, Sudbury, MA, January 31, 2019

Curtis Middle School Sleep Habits Survey Results, February, 2017

Journal Articles

National Center for Health Research - Early Morning Classes, Sleepy Students, and Risky Behaviors

Journal Of School Health - School Start Times, Sleep, Behavioral, Health, and Academic Outcomes: A Review of the Literature

Phi Delta Kappan - Later start time for teens improves grades, mood, and safety

Science Daily - Later school start times improve sleep and daytime functioning in adolescents

Assoc for Psychological Science , Perspectives on Psychological Science - Prioritizing Sleep Health: Public Health Policy Recommendations

Science Advances - Sleepmore in Seattle: Later school start time are associated with more sleep and better performance in high school students

National Institute of Health - Sleep in Adolescents: The Perfect Storm

Translational Behavioral Medicine - Position statement: start middle and high schools at 8:30 am or later to promote student health and learning

Rand Corporation - Later School Start Times in the U.S. - an economic analysis

College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota - Examining the Impact of Later High School Start Times on the Health and Academic Performance of High School Students: A Multi-Site Study

Brookings Institute - Start high school later for better academic outcomes

Education Next - School Start Times Found to Affect Student Achievement

Healthy Air Matters: American Lung Association of New England - School Daze: A Wake-Up Call

Pediatrics.aappublications.org - Excessive Sleepiness in Adolescents and Young Adults: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment Strategies

Education Week, March 2013 Experts Make a Case for Later School Start Times

Brain Pickings, July 2013 Sleep and The Teenage Brain

The Journal Research: Early School Start Times Hurt Students, Hinder Performance

jama.jamanet.com High Schools Find Later Start Time Helps Students’ Health Performance

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In the News

NPR Morning Edition - Sleepless No More In Seattle — Later School Start Time Pays Off For Teens

The Boston Globe - Students find more awareness with later starts

Cape Cod Times - Monomoy adopts new school starting times for 2017

Daily Herald Would a Late Start Team Mean Better High School Students?

Huffington Post - Stand Up for Sleep-Deprived Students

New York Times - To Keep Teenagers Alert, Schools Let Them Sleep In

Wicked Local Concord - Some ‘jealous’ about later start time at Concord-Carlisle High

Wicked Local Winchester - Later school start times are causing many changes in Winchester

University of Washington News - Teens get more sleep, show improved grades and attendance with later start times, researchers show

National Support

Start School Later National website