When schools have delayed the start of the school day, communities have seen reduced tardiness, sleeping in class, and car crash rates, as well as improved attendance, graduation rates, and standardized test scores (startschoollater.net)
On the other hand, I'm told that principals at Houston schools with large populations of economically disadvantaged children enthusiastically laud the program, citing increased attendance, reduced tardiness and fewer discipline problems. (thelunchtray.com)
panel, where panelists discussed all of the great things about serving breakfast in the classroom: improved academic performance, reduced tardiness and absences, lower obesity rates, opportunities for growing school food programs, and most important of all: it's the right thing to do. (beyondbreakfast.org)