Adolescent Sleep
Health Research Studies and Articles
Professional Health Organizations
Research Studies
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Medical Association
- American Association of Sleep Medicine
- AASM - Help Your Teen Recharge with Sleep
- AASM - Sleep Recharges You
- AASM Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine - Permanent Standard Time Position “Daylight saving time increases our morning exposure to darkness and evening exposure to sunlight, the most powerful timing cue for the human body clock,” said Dr. Shannon Sullivan, chair of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Public Safety Committee and clinical professor of sleep medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. “The time change causes misalignment between the body’s daily rhythm and the clock, making it harder to fall asleep at night, disrupting sleep quality, and leading to sleep loss which can negatively impact health and safety. DST results in more darkness in the morning hours, and more light in the evening hours. Adopting permanent DST also would undo the benefits of delaying start times for middle schools and high schools.”
- 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)
- It’s Time to Do Away With Early School Start Times (Time Essay) January 2025 CLICK HERE
- Why I Support Legislation to Start School Later (Terra Ziporyn) (January 2025) CLICK HERE
- Article : Science Says Teens Need More Sleep. So Why Is It So Hard to Start School Later CLICK HERE (11/6/2023)
- How teenagers’ lack of sleep is taking a toll on their mental health (PBS Oct 2023 8m 35s) - CLICK HERE
- How good sleep habits affect your overall health (PBS May 2023 6m 10s) - 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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