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Changing Times: Findings from the First Longitudinal Study of Later High School Start Times
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Wahlstrom, Kyla – NASSP Bulletin, 2002
In the early 1990s, medical research found that teenagers have biologically different sleep and wake patterns than the preadolescent or adult population. On the basis of that information, in 1997 the seven comprehensive high schools in the Minneapolis Public School District shifted the school start time from 7:15 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. This article…
Descriptors: High Schools, Medical Research, Academic Achievement, Depression (Psychology)