Adolescent Sleep
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Professional Health Organizations 

• American Academy of Pediatrics 
  • Let Them Sleep: AAP Recommends Delaying Start Times of Middle and High Schools to Combat Teen Sleep Deprivation
  • AAP Study School Start Times for Adolescents 

• American Medical Association 
  • AMA Supports Delayed School Start Times to Improve Adolescent Wellness

• American Association of Sleep Medicine 
  • AASM - Help Your Teen Recharge with Sleep 
  • AASM - Sleep Recharges You 

• Centers for Disease Control  
  • CDC Healthy Living: Schools Start Too Early
  • CDC Sleep and Sleep Disorders 

• American Psychological Association 
  • APA Later School Start Times Promote Adolescent Well-Being 

Research Studies

• Commonwealth of PA Joint State Government Commission - Sleep Deprivation in Adolescents: The Case for Delaying Secondary School Start Times (full report) + Click here to access report summary
• RAND Corporation Later School Start Times in the U.S. an Economic Analysis
  • Washington Post News Article link about the research: Letting Teens Sleep in Would Save the Country Roughly $9 Billion a Year
  • New York Times Article about the research: The Economic Case for Letting Teenagers Sleep a Little Later
  • RAND Corporation Sleep Blog

• UCLA Health & Behavior Sleep-deprivation Study
  • UCLA-led study blames mental lapses on sleep-deprived brain cells
  • Video about the study and Study Link on Nature Medicine

• Penn State Research -  Teens May Get More Sleep When School Starts Later

• UC Berkley & Northeastern Illinois U. - Poor Grades Tied to Class Times & Biology 
• University of Washington, Seattle WA - Sleep more in Seattle: Later school start times are associated with more sleep and better performance in high school students​​
• University of Minnesota -
  • ​Examining the Impact of Later High School Start Times on the Health and Academic Performance of High School Students: A Multi-Site Study
  • Report Prepared for Minnesota Public School by Kyla Wahlstrom, Ph.D. , University of Minnesota - Elementary Feedback on Changed Start Times
• Rutgers University - Delaying School Start Start Times Not Only Improves Health but Reduces Crime 
• The Impact of School Start Times on Adolescent Health and Academic Performance
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Answering the Bell: High School Start Times and Student Academic Outcomes

​Additional studies (Research Database Wiki)