Why Schools Should Start Classes Later

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this episode the news is brought to you by Audible are you kids out there who
hate waking up early for school
worry not confiance has your back the hey guys terror here for the news and
like many have you out there I am NOT
a morning person having a wake up at 6am
every single day was funny thing I hated most about school growing up
and now there's research to prove that it can actually affect our academic
performance
new study conducted throughout 718 public elementary schools in Kentucky
friends that earlier school start times for so stated with lower performance
but only in students from middle or upper class backgrounds researchers
assessed academic performance using standardized test scores
as well as attendance rates teacher-student ratios and retention
rates which is the number of students required to repeat
a certain grade be theorized that earlier start times would be associated
with lower performance and almost all this areas particularly in disadvantaged
schools
but to their surprise the results show that wasn't true
kids who attended schools in disadvantaged district sign no
difference in performance
regardless of what time school started however children attending
affluent schools saw significant decrease in academic performance he
earlier school started researchers say sleep deprivation could be what's at
hand here
not getting enough sleep could costumes to lose the ability to remain alert and
focused in class
and it may also lead to an increase in illness as for why this only seems to
affect children affluent schools the answers are still mostly unknown
although they believe it may be because disadvantaged children have so many
other risk factors at play
now before we start rowing to have school start at 9am
there were some other unexpected findings the study also found that the
later school start
the higher the chance there is of students having repeat grades
for every additional minute later school starts retention rates increased by 2.2
percent
so starting school day off even five minutes later than normal
could lead to a one percent increase in the amount of students being held back
now that's pretty and fed a call to the rest to the study which links later
start times that improve performance
but one possible explanation for that researchers say is that starting school
later
may cause average students to improve while those with learning disabilities
have been even harder time keeping up
they also warned that because this is the first study to ever examine the
relationship between school start times
and student retention in preadolescent more research is needed before solid
conclusions can be drawn
still think about things you could get done if school didn't start till 10 a.m.
you can read a book or better yet you could listen to a book on our way back
up
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but thats education ball in the meantime let us know what you think a study
hate it for love it school started a half hour later parents I'm sure you
feel differently than your kids but let us know anyway
just leave your answers in the comments below as always thank you guys for
watching Why Schools Should Start Classes Later