Education News – Kristin Decarr
“A report published in journal Learning, Media and Technology suggests that the natural sleep patterns of children do not match up with the early start times of the schools that they attend. Researchers from Harvard and Oxford discussed their findings in the report, “Synchronizing education to adolescent biology: ‘let teens sleep, start school later.’” Co-authors Paul Kelley, Steven W. Lockley, Russell G. Foster, and Jonathan Kelley suggest that the biological settings within children have them programmed for a later wake up time. They argue that 10-year-old children should be starting their school day at 8 am, 16-year-old students should start around 10 or 10:30 am, and the school day for 18-year-olds should start between 11 and 11:30 am. The report continues to say that later start times do not reflect laziness within children, but rather a biological necessity.”(more)