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SLEEP Research - Links to Web Pages With Information About:

  1. Adolescents and sleep

  2. Benefits of later start times from school districts that have already made the change and from other districts that hope to make the change.

  3. Research that shows additional reasons to make secondary school start times later in the morning.

  4. Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) bell schedules, school board members, and information about the history of later start times in Fairfax:

  5. Surveys of Fairfax County Public School students, teachers and parents.

 

I.  Adolescents and sleep

The National Sleep Foundation (NSF):


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHS CDC):


Washington Post :


New York Times:


Public Broadcasts:

  • National Public Radio, All Things Considered, February 11, 2004 : Sleep Loss Takes Toll on Teens (Children who get less sleep may develop symptoms of depression and low self-esteem)

  • CNN Video: "Teens and Sleep Patterns" Clicking on this link will open a new window at CNN. When the window opens, please wait for the video to load. (May require CNN subscription to see.)

Other:

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:

 

 

II.  Benefits of later start times from school districts that have already made the change and from other districts that hope to make the change.

SLEEP in Fairfax:


2005 Case Studies from the National Sleep Foundation (NSF):

Each of the documents listed below provides a description of how another school district successfully transitioned to later morning start times for high school students. NSF includes information about the bell schedules before and after the change, a profile of each school district, specific challenges posed within each district and corresponding solutions. Each document describes how districts implemented the change, who championed it, how they managed the transitio. It’s also exciting to read about the benefits achieved after the bell schedule change. Both Wilton and Fayette did studies comparing various factors before and after the high schools switched to later morning start times.


University of Minnesota:


   Other:

 

 

III.  Research that shows additional reasons to make secondary school start times later in the morning:

Scientific Journals and Newspaper Articles:

Crime Statistics:

Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Sports and Sleep:

National Sleep Foundation

American Psychiatric Association

Science Daily

 

 

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