early bell times

Wellness Wednesday: Adam Ruins Everything, except for sleepy teenagers

January 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

It turns out that sleepy teenagers may be a product of school administration decisions made back in the late-middle 20th century. American school districts are slowly returning to a more healthy, livable bell schedule, but not without resistance. [...]

School start times are still a nationwide debate

September 22, 2018 // 1 Comment

If you're not sure if later school start times are the best solution for you and your family, you might want to check out the research on the subject. [...]

Teens need sleep: Our Start School Later Pinterest board

September 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

This Start School Later Pinterest collection shows a wide variety of concerns related to the problems of early school times and their impact on our teens' health, academic performance, safety, and emotional well being. [...]

Wellness Wednesday: Time to reset the kids’ sleep schedules

August 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

If you can help your kids' sleep schedules as they transition back to school, it can make a difference. Strict bedtimes for young ones is called for; advice to university coeds for managing sleep without the confines of family habits can also be useful. [...]

Sleep News Weekly || Nov 10, 2017: 12% of Jersey Transit diagnosed with sleep apnea, Bo Jackson snoozes, sleeping judges, more

November 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

Transportation workers (too many) diagnosed with sleep apnea in New Jersey, is cold air good for sleeping babies?, more.; late teen's mother speaks on drowsy driving, and more about how America (and the world) sleeps. [...]

“The right to sleep”: The biggest civil & human rights problem you’ve never heard of

November 2, 2017 // 1 Comment

Is the opportunity to get sleep at night a human right? A civil right? [...]

Your 3pm Decaf Drip for August 28, 2017

August 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

We’ve vetted last week’s sleep news so you don’t have to. Happy Monday!

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Sleep Health Watchdog: Check out these change agents for better teen sleep

August 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

Without the work of dedicated activists from the grassroots, the medical research field, and legislators, we might know a lot less about the sleep needs of teenagers and the disservice we do to this population when we ask them to start class before 830am. [...]

Controversial ideas in sleep health: Naps for high schoolers… Yay or Nay?

August 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

In the last few years, the rise of awareness about sleep deprivation among our teens has been a primary focus for those campaigning for later bell times for high schoolers. [...]

What happens when school kids don’t get enough quality sleep?

August 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Some temporary symptoms or behaviors of sleep deprivation, if not addressed by getting more and better sleep, can become long-term problems as well. In addition, more systemic medical concerns can and will arise if you don't address your child's sleep loss. [...]