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ABOUT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
ADOLESCENT SLEEP & SCHOOL START TIMES
We know later school start times for middle and high school are the right thing to do.
Join Start School Later to learn how to Get To Yes and implement healthy school hours in your community.
Join Start School Later to learn how to Get To Yes and implement healthy school hours in your community.
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Start School Later's 2024 National Conference on Adolescent Sleep and School Start Times: Science & Implementation addresses the critical need for school districts to implement safe, healthy, equitable school start times for middle school and high school students, supporting efforts to ensure every teenager benefits from school hours that allow for healthy sleep. The 1.5-day conference — October 18-19, 2024 at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore — is geared to about 200-250 participants from around the country, bringing together: - Superintendents, school administrators, teachers, and staff
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Sam Abed, JD
Director Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services for Washington DC Tim Ammon Zonar Systems Kenneth Batchelor, EdD Superintendent Radnor Township School District (PA) Mark Bedell, EdD Superintendent Anne Arundel County Public Schools (MD) Mary Carskadon, PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Charles Czeisler, MD, PhD Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, MD Department of Neurology University of Pittsburgh Amy Goldman Immediate Past President School Board Radnor Township School District (PA) Frank Golom, PhD Dean College of Arts and Science Loyola University Maryland Afra Hersi, PhD Dean of the School of Education Loyola University Maryland Dylan Jackson, PhD Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Lisa L. Lewis, MS Author, The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, and How Parents and Schools Can Help Them Thrive Lisa Meltzer, PhD Nyxeos Consulting National Jewish Health April Fleming Miller, OD Maryland House of Delegates, District 4 Maria-Rachelle Narcisse, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Brown University Judith Owens, MD, MPH Harvard Medical School Boston Children's Hospital |
Phyllis Payne, MPH
Implementation Director Start School Later Rafael Pelayo, MD Stanford University Zorianna Petrosyan University of Vermont student and former leader, SSL Falmouth MA (student chapter) Tom Platt Center for Effective School Operations Tatia Prieto, EdD Prismatic Services, Inc. Mark Rosekind, PhD 15th Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 40th Member, National Transportation Safety Board Jared Saletin, PhD Alpert Medical School of Brown University and E.P. Bradley Hospital Terra Ziporyn Snider, PhD Executive Director and Co-Founder Start School Later Gary Snyder, EdD Virginia Tech Fmr Principal, Princeton High School (NJ) Deborah Steinbaum, MD New Jersey Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics Laura Sterni, MD Johns Hopkins Pediatric Sleep Center John Temple Florida State Representative, District 52 Joanna Tobin, PhD Immediate Past President School Board Anne Arundel County Public Schools (MD) Wendy Troxel, PhD RAND Corporation Kyla Wahlstrom, PhD College of Education and Human Development University of Minnesota Twin Cities Rachel Widome, PhD School of Public Health University of Minnesota Twin Cities Amy R. Wolfson, PhD Professor of Psychology Loyola University Maryland |
Participants can expect to:
- Review Adolescent Sleep and School Start Times Research: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the current science regarding adolescent sleep needs, the impact of school start times on sleep, physical and mental health, safety, school performance, and student and community well-being — as well as effective ways to communicate these findings to policymakers and community stakeholders.
- Learn Effective Implementation Strategies: School district leaders and other experts will share successful strategies and best practices for implementing safer, healthier school start times. This includes navigating logistical challenges; engaging with community stakeholders; adapting transportation, sports schedules, and other extracurricular activities; and addressing concerns from parents, teachers, administrators, and other community stakeholders.
- Collaborate and Network: Workshop solutions with like-minded leaders, share experiences, exchange ideas, and develop partnerships to advocate for and enable healthy school start times across communities.
Start School Later has set aside a block of rooms at the nearby Marriott Delta Hotel for conference participants. Room availability at the group rate of $139 ($179 for a suite) is limited, so we recommend you reserve your room as soon as you register for the conference. Click the blue button above.
For a limited time, your gift to help Start School Later host the 2024 National Conference on Adolescent Sleep & School Start Times will be matched dollar-for-dollar. Your contribution, no matter the size, will help us meet our conference fundraising goal and make twice the impact. Every dollar makes a difference — now more than ever. Click the matching gift button above.
Thank you to our sponsors for their support.
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We're grateful to Loyola University Maryland for hosting!
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Getting Here
If you are driving, please follow these directions to Loyola University Maryland.
For directions to the Delta Hotel by Marriott Baltimore North, click here. The hotel has free parking, and a shuttle to campus for the conference will be available each day.
For those flying, BWI (Baltimore-Washington International) is the closest airport. It is also possible to fly into one of the Washington, DC airports — Dulles or Reagan National — depending on your plans before or after the conference.
Amtrak runs train service to Baltimore's Penn Station, which is about a ten minute taxi/Uber/Lyft ride to the conference.
For directions to the Delta Hotel by Marriott Baltimore North, click here. The hotel has free parking, and a shuttle to campus for the conference will be available each day.
For those flying, BWI (Baltimore-Washington International) is the closest airport. It is also possible to fly into one of the Washington, DC airports — Dulles or Reagan National — depending on your plans before or after the conference.
Amtrak runs train service to Baltimore's Penn Station, which is about a ten minute taxi/Uber/Lyft ride to the conference.
Download the flyer below to share with local
leaders and others who want to learn how to
Get to Yes for later school start times!
Photos from 2017's Adolescent Sleep, Health, and School Start Times: The National Conference.
