“Recent study: Later school raises the grades”
“To postpone the school day raises scores and improves students’ sleep. It shows new research from Seattle, where a school moved up the school day with an hour or so.”
“Many scientists have long advocated that students should start school later in the morning. Teenagers need a lot of sleep, and studies show that young people sleep too little. It can affect both mental health scores. Now, a new study shows that one does not need to shoot at the day more than an hour to get results.”
“It was 2016 as the state of Seattle in the united states decided to let the students start the school day at 8.45. Earlier, the students had begun 7.50 – school care is operated thus until 55 minutes. Immediately, a group of researchers, Horacio de la Iglesia in the tip, comparing students before and after the change. This was done by examining a class with older students who are not affected by the change, with the class one year, during which had to start later. With the help of digital bracelets, you could investigate their sleep.”
“the Result shows that students from both classes went to bed at about the same time. But the younger the students, who started later, got an average of 34 minutes more sleep per day. These students showed themselves to be more alert, and was five per cent higher score. Among some of the students also increased its presence among the students who began later.”
“According to co-author Gideon Dunster, one can potentially achieve even better results, extend the school day even further.”
“– Students get more sleep, but the sleep is still not the nine hours per night that is recommended, ” he says to the New Scientist.”
“Seattle-students’ average sleep went from six hours and 50 minutes to seven hours and 24 minutes.”
