Minnesota Superintendents Experienced with School Start Time (Video)
Ken Dragseth (former superintendent of Edina), Chace Anderson (Wayzata), Scott Thielman (Buffalo/Hanover/Montrose) and Keith Jacobus (South Washington) share their process and recommendations with colleagues at annual MASA fall conference
American Medical Association Policy Statement on school start time June 2016, The AMA joins the chorus of others professional organizations calling for later school start times
American Academy of Pediatrics Statement on School Start Time
In 2014, the AAP issued a policy statement recommending schools start no earlier than 8:30 am for teenagers
Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement
Link to the three year research project conducted by Kyla Wahlstrom, PhD who lives here in MN, along with videos related to how teenagers sleep and the affects of sleep loss
Start School Later (National group)
This is national non-profit organization dedicated to healthy, safe and equitable school hours and their website is dense with information
Start School Later Minnesota (Facebook Page)
This is the facebook page for the Minnesota Start School Later group
In the News
NY Times 3-28-16 “Schools are slow to learn that sleep deprivations hit teenagers the hardest”
Boston Globe 3-29-16 “Suburban Boston superintendents favor later school start times”
Huffington Post 4-11-16 “Sleep deprived teens are up to three times more likely to drive drunk”
CNN 4-14-16 “Why letting teens sleep in could save their lives”
Huffington Post 4-22-16 “Low on sleep, teenagers behave in risky ways”