School Start Time and Sleep

Studies have shown that the sleep and wake patterns of young people after puberty are biologically determined and the natural tendency of adolescent young people to occur late and get up in the morning. This study showed that the bells of schools that rang across the country at an early time in the morning were in contrast to sleep patterns and adolescent needs.

There is evidence that there is serious sleep deprivation in adolescence. According to a recent poll by the National Sleep Foundation, 60% of children under the age of 18 complained about the fatigue during the day and parents said that 15% of children are asleep at school, according to parents.

On April 2, 1999, Rep. Zoe Looggren (D-CA) proposed a parliamentary resolution to encourage schools and school districts to reconsider the beginning of the morning to more closely match the youth's biological composition . Congressional resolution No. 135 or "ZZZ to A" bill encourages schools and school districts nationwide to advance class hours to 8:30 AM.

"I hope that this will awaken school districts and guardians across the country," Lovegrove said. "In pre-school hours, some before 7 am, young people were short of sleep.

"Over time, sleep deprivation will have a profound impact on academic performance, social behavior and adolescent's health and safety." "We encourage school start times to be postponed until at least 8 am : 30 - This schedule more closely matches the pattern of physical sleep and arousal of young adults closer to the working days of adults. "

Lofgren's work is still in progress. In 2014, the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) and the US representative Zoe Lofgren enacted laws to deal with the relationship between school launch time and adolescent health, happiness, and grades. Please contact the person in charge and encourage them to support the bill.

In fact, public opinion seems to support the resolution of Rogoglen's "From Zzz to A". According to the American sleep study in 2002, 80% of respondents said that they should start high school

In puberty, circadian rhythms in the body and changes due to biological sleep delay sleep time and wake-up time. Because of these changes, the early start of junior high school and high school shortened sleep time, impeded preparation for students to study, adversely affected physical and mental health, and compromised driving safety. In addition, there is increasing evidence that delays in school launch time will have a positive impact on the student's academic performance, health and safety. The general perception of the benefits of early rising hours and delays in the new semester is largely ignored. Therefore, the American Sleeping Medicine Academy (AASM) has instructed the community, the Board of Education, and the educational institution at 8 am to make sure that each student is awake, We ask you to implement start-up time of middle school and high school after 30 minutes.

At a conference on recent teens sleep, health, schooling time, I did a short keynote lecture and some experts persuaded discussions on the beginnings of secondary school and high school time I presented. The future outlook is like the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Sleep Medicine Society. Brian Tefft, a senior researcher at the AAA Traffic Safety Foundation, talked about "sleepy driving". He states in the annual research report "Do you often drive if your eyes are too tired for the last 30 days?" Over the past five years, one quarter of drivers with an average driver's license of 16 18 years report driving at least once and 2% say it frequently or frequently

Americans tend to agree. According to a survey of school opening times at the National Sleep Foundation, 80% of respondents said schools should start learning at 8 o'clock. A US study is consistent with Foster's survey; when the start time of Minneapolis High School is postponed, students sleep on average 5 hours a week, have more vigilance, and have higher attendance. Unfortunately, because the authorities have to try to adapt to the new start time of the bus and sports schedule it is not easy to change the start time of the school, and some high school students' after school work is affected by the slow firing time I guess.