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Friday, August 29, 2014

Death of the Snooze Button?



With the first day of school looming, it is impossible to ignore that start-of-semester reality: the dreaded alarm clock. There is evidence to support the compulsion to hit the snooze button: teens require at least 8.5 hours of sleep a night, a goal that is difficult to reach when homework, sports, and club meetings force bedtimes into the early morning hours.  

Some school districts, however, are addressing this problem by starting high school later. (The national high school start time clocks in at 7:59.) While more than 1000 schools have embraced this change, others hold out. Check out our pro-con list below and let us know your thoughts.


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