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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 
  • National Sleep Foundation
    • ​Adolescent Sleep Health and School Start Times: Setting the Research Agenda for California and Beyond. A Research Summit Summary (January 2022)

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
  • National Sleep Foundation
    • ​Adolescent Sleep Health and School Start Times: Setting the Research Agenda for California and Beyond. A Research Summit Summary (January 2022)

​Additional studies (Start School Later Research Database Wiki) - CLICK HERE

PA Start School Later Chapter Leader Gail Karafin, EdD ​School Psychology Board Articles
Click to download article below: March 2020 - ​PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATORS ARE SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT CHANGING SECONDARY SCHOOL START TIMES
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