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Sleep activism and the school day

3/13/2014

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An article in today's New York Times about ongoing efforts in Columbia, MO and elsewhere to start the school day later.  Jilly Dos Santos is a "sleep-deprived teenager turned into a sleep activist" who helped persuade her local school board to scupper plans for an earlier start time.  "During puberty, teenagers have a later release of the 'sleep' hormone melatonin, which means they tend not to feel drowsy until around 11 p.m."  Moreover, researchers at the University of Minnesota have just released a study suggesting "the later a school's start time, the better off the students were on many measures, including mental health, car crash rates, attendance and, in some schools, grades and standardized test scores."  For an earlier post on sleep and teenage students, click here.  
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