StartSchoolLaterAACo
@StartLaterAACo
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Active group advocating for healthy & safe school start times in Anne Arundel County where HS starts at 7:17 am. It's about time.
Maryland
Joined November 2009
"You cannot 'hygiene' your way out of a sleep disorder, especially one that's created by a systemic problem like too-early school start times" - Dr. Indira Gurubhagavatula via @LetsSleep_US #SleepChat #startschoollater
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Key recommendation from @Surgeon_General #YouthMentalHealth advisory: "Create positive, safe, & affirming school environments...Where feasible, school districts should also consider structural changes, such as a later start to the school day, that support students’ wellbeing."
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Howard County news: In an 8-0 vote, the Board of Education directed Dr. Martirano and HCPSS to develop a timeline to move school hours by 2022-2023 school year.
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More #sleep may be key to why mental health didn’t deteriorate among teenage students during the COVID crisis, according to @BYU and @SDSU researchers.
deseret.com
Learning dilemma: Figuring out online vs. in-class school and what each costs students
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Well this is a start. Let's listen to 30 years of research calling for later start times for middle and high school kids for their health, mental health, and safety. It's time.
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Healthy change in Amherst, MA. No change for #AACPS despite years of presenting irrefutable evidence and providing required transportation software that is still unused 5 years later. #AACPSAbysmal
gazettenet.com
AMHERST — Students at Amherst Regional middle and high schools will begin their school days later in the mornings when the next school year begins in the fall, when most of them will return for...
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This short animation from @LetsSleep_US explains how sleep can be used as a tool to combat the spread of diseases such as the common cold, flu, and even COVID-19 | #letssleep #teensleep #immunity
https://t.co/bUXK4e8dal
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Healthy Hours In (and Out) of School:
mailchi.mp
The Research is Overwhelming to Start School Later
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Mary Grace Gallagher: Children of the coronavirus pandemic are hardening for what comes next
capitalgazette.com
Veteran gardeners passing by our backyard plot are taking new interest in our small garden, which until this spring, was a weed-filled wasteland that annually produced a handful of tomatoes, a boom…
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“Exhaustion was a badge of honor in high school. We would compare sleep horror stories, in a way, competing with one another to see who was operating on the least amount of sleep,” https://t.co/X4Tlw01gsG
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Listen to your doctor! "Aligning School Start Times for Adolescent Health: The Case for Starting School Later"
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Your child involved in a car crash is your worst nightmare: "A recent study finds that teenagers are involved in significantly fewer accidents if their schools start later."
studyfinds.org
A recent study finds that teenagers are involved in significantly fewer car accidents if their schools start at later times.
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Big Impact on community schedules! But "was it worth it? The data seem to suggest it was." Come on #AACPS #AnneArundelCounty
edweek.org
To make better, evidence-based use of time, a district in Illinois changed high school start times from 7:20 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
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What would would "translate into $8.6 billion in economic gains within two years of the change"? https://t.co/BvHjfo1l5V via @phillyinquirer
inquirer.com
A recent report concluded that starting middle and high school classes no earlier than 8:30 a.m. would translate into $8.6 billion in economic gains within two years.
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School starts at 8:25 and dismisses at 3:45. Don't let anyone tell you healthy start times will ruin sports programs. https://t.co/mWwXNbmy3v via @WiStateJournal
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Later School Start Times May Reduce Teen Car Crashes, Boston Children’s Research Finds
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“[A lack of sleep] makes me more sleepy in class. It kind of gets harder throughout the day to take notes and actually pay attention. It gives me a lot of stress,”
thermtide.com
In today’s modern society, sleep deprivation is a lifestyle, especially among adolescents. According to the National Sleep Foundation, only 15 percent of teens get the recommended eight to 10 hours...
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"our children deserve adults who can exercise creativity, proactivity, and grit in instituting structural changes that make everyone better off." #selfcontrol #economicgains #startschoollater
https://t.co/N5TH8hwCES
characterlab.org
Angela Duckworth shares how self-control strategies aren't the only way to create conditions to help kids thrive. We must advocate for the right policies.
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