Adolescent Sleep
Health Research Studies and Articles
Professional Health Organizations
Research Studies
Additional studies (Start School Later Research Database Wiki) - CLICK HERE
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Medical Association
- American Association of Sleep Medicine
- Centers for Disease Control
- American Psychological Association
- 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
- Research Finds Earlier Start Times Have Little Effect on Elementary School Outcomes CLICK HERE & Video CLICK HERE (American Educational Research Association)
- 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
- 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
- MedPage Today - Kids With High Step Count, Less Screen Time See Lower Obesity Risk (February 2023)
- 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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