What if you weren’t so tired in school? Imagine feeling energized and refreshed, ready to learn with your classmates all around you, happily talking about class and catching up with each other. School could be so much better. Therefore, the question is-- should schools have later starting times? In “Should School Start Later?”…
School times can sometimes be absurdly early, but because of later start times some problems stir up. Later school start times can increase grades and the well being of the kids, but the downfall of that is that schools have to pay extra for more buses because usually a district only has a few busses, which then makes the school start times staggered. Although the wellbeing of kids is far more important. The idea of staggering school time is smart but if its hurting the health of people I would pay the extra money to keep kids safe. The first reason that school should start later is because it will allow kids to be more well rested and makes it easier to focus.…
Did you know that they start school at 7:17 ? The starting early associated with poor academic performance, poor attendance/being tardy a lot, higher rate of accidents and injuries. Just about 40% of american high schools start class before 8 am and more than 20% of middles schools start at 7:45 a.m. or earlier. 8.5 - 9.5 is the hours of sleep you are supposed to get each night. Columbia Missouri high school start time from 7:50 a.m. to 7:20 a.m. a full half hour earlier.…
Schools should start later in the morning due to the fact that teens can possibly get better grades and that teens were made to wake up later. Teens wouldn't just deal with stress, they would notice things that they cannot control. Teens are not getting the learning experience they need to become doctors, lawyers etc. Many people believe that school should stay the way it is or problems will start to come. I disagree because if things don't start changing, then kids will never be able to do better in school.…
Over 15% of middle school students fell asleep in class because of lack of sleep. School start times should be later. Later school start times have students that have better grades. Schools that start later, having students with better moods. Earlier school start times have a negative effect on students’ mental health.…
On the other hand, many sleep experts recommend that schools begin later because teenagers require more sleep and naturally have a different sleep cycle. Many benefits occur because of later school start times. For this reason, school start times should be delayed. If high schools’ start time were delayed students would…
Dear Edmonson County school board members, Have you ever wanted to stay in bed just a little bit longer? That’s how most teenagers in America feels right before school. A new controversy has emerged: should school start at 9:00 a.m. or stay the same? In my opinion school should start later, because it decreases disorders, decreases absences, and decreases motor vehicle accidents. If school started later it would decrease disorders.…
There are many benefits that come along with this simple change. Many experts agree that schools should start later, and there are many strong reasons why. With attention to school benefits, later start times for schools improve test scores. A study conducted by the University of Minnesota, that included 9,000 high schoolers, showed that test scores went up significantly the more the school…
According to should schools start later. Quotes “a later start, say opponents, also interferes with somm teens’ part-time jobs and disrupts after-school sports and clubs. This quote is saying that the students would not have anytime for sports or anything because it gets out late and the kids will still have homework to do. Even if the students did practice in the morning, then they would still have to get up early that is why it should stay the…
Picture a classroom where students are not paying attention, tuning out the teacher and falling asleep. Not only are these kids losing precious opportunities to learn and expand their knowledge, they are failing to take chances that would help them achieve their future goals. Is this how a flourishing classroom should look like? Unfortunately, this is what happens every day in many schools all around the United States because kids are going to school drowsy and restless. Therefore, I believe schools should start later in the morning.…
Why should schools start later? Well, there are many benefits to later starts. Some benefits include better grades, better health, and reduce of teenage car crashes. Also, many middle and high schools in the states have already begun to start no early than 8:30. This is important because students need sleep.…
A national sleep foundation poll found that 59% of 6th through 8th graders, as well as 87% of high schoolers, are getting less than the recommended amount of sleep on school nights. This often affects how attentive kids are when they get to school and can have a negative impact on the rest of their day. When students are tired they often don't take in the information they would otherwise pick up with an adequate amount of sleep. Starting classes at middle school and high schools no earlier than 8:30 a.m. would help teens arrive alert, healthy and ready to learn, U.S. sleep medicine specialists say (Lehman, 2017). Schools should start later to ensure the success of its students.…
Rough Draft - Unit 2 EA 2 Starting school later may have some bad effects, but it also has many good effects too. It is a proven fact that a later school time helps kids education and health. Not to mention they won't be as tired because teenagers almost always stay up late and sleep in. School should start later so that kids aren't always incredibly tired and have a better health.…
When teenagers get cars, they need to be able to pay for the gas, insurance and other expenses. Therefore, they need to get a job. However, to handle a job and your schoolwork is tricky. Having that extra hour, students could have time to relax and wouldn't feel as rushed to do everything they have to do. Another argument against having schools start later is that there would be no time for after school programs.…
There are a lot of good effects if school started later. Many teenagers would agree that getting up early in the morning is stressful. School should start later because students would be more focused and less stressed and get better grades and have less of a chance of getting depression with more sleep. We will be arguing that school will start later in the morning. One reason schools should start later is that students can get extra sleep.…