Psychiatric News – Lynne Lamberg
“Starting high school classes at 8:30 a.m. boosts students’ grades, mood, and driving performance, a new multisite study shows….because pubertal changes in the biological clock delay the evening onset of melatonin secretion…Most teenagers find it hard to fall asleep before 11 p.m…Starting classes at 8:30 a.m. aligns the school day with the adolescent biological clock…”(more)