Sentences with phrase «high school start times»

In many school districts, parents are fighting for later high school start times so that their teenagers can get the sleep they need.

A survey of factors influencing high school start times.

So... how are those later high school start times working out?

Early high school start times contribute to this problem,» said Boergers.

An article by James Vaznis in the Boston Globe describes how many school districts in Massachusetts are exploring whether to change high school start times so that teens can get more sleep.

The board's 6 - 1 vote puts Seattle Public Schools on a relatively short list: by one count, only 70 districts nationwide have pushed back high school start times in an effort to match students» natural sleep rhythms with their school schedules.

After moving high school start times to 9:15 a.m. in 2006 to streamline bus runs and save money, administrators found it was better for teenagers.

The Brookings report also estimated that later high school start times create a lifetime earnings gain of $ 17,500 per student with a school system cost of $ 0.00 to $ 1,950 per student, a benefit - to - cost ratio of 9:1 or better

Early high school start times.

Two large Colorado districts are considering pushing back high school start times, Ann Schimke reports in Chalkbeat Colorado.

Kyla Wahlstrom, «Changing Times: Findings from the First Longitudinal Study of Later High School Start Times,» NASSP Bulletin, 2002, found improvements in other student outcomes.

One of the counties in our area switched middle school and high school start times — so that middle schoolers were starting school at 7:30 and home by 2:30; high schoolers were starting at 9:30 and home by 5.

For example, policy - level strategies include recent efforts to delay high school start times, an approach that has been recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and other professional organizations.

But high school start times are traditionally very early.

This calculation would move elementary school start times 22 minutes earlier, middle school start times 13 minutes earlier, and high school start times 44 minutes later, on average.

The Minnesota Medical Association asked state school districts to examine and possibly adjust their high school starting times.

ARKANSAS — The Pulaski County Special School District has implemented a plan which advances some elementary school start times while delaying middle and high school start times.

The Glens Falls City School District moved its high school start time from 7:45 a.m. to 8:26 a.m. last September.