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PiscesEarly Classes = Failing Grades?
Is your teen too tired for the first class of the day? Don't blame your kid: new study says her brain's to blame.
The NY Times reports that as many as 28% of students are falling asleep at their desks in the early a.m. because their body clocks are actually set differently than adults and younger kids, which keeps teens wide awake at 11 p.m. and still wanting more sleep even after 8 a.m. (Sound familiar?)
| The story suggests shifting the school day later for teenagers
because high schools that have tried this have had
better
attendance, higher test scores, better grades and lower numbers of
behavioral problems and dropouts. Also—the number of car crashes among teens dropped after one high school delayed the start time—even as those in the state increased. |
If those aren't enough reasons for districts to consider the idea, think about this—kids who start school later could be on the same schedule as working parents, we like the whole idea of that.
We think this sounds like a great idea—but the big question is: why didn't they think of this when we were in high school? We could've had so much less drool-on-the notebook action in calculus.
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