Board Meeting Guest Experts on February 9, 2022
Dr. Craig Canapari: Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
Director, Pediatric Sleep Center, Yale New-Haven Hospital
Division of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine Yale University
Ms. Phyllis Payne: MPH & Start School Later/Healthy Hours Implementation Director
Let’s Sleep! Health Writer/Editor
Support Documents from Guest Experts:
Pennsylvania Joint State Commission Report has a fabulous review and also a whole section on Common Perceived Challenges and Potential Solutions
Recently published sleep study review
Kyla Wahlstrom study the finally pinpointing a “tipping point” where most adolescents can get the minimum recommended 8 hours.
In the video below, experts share the benefits of modifying our current school hours based on research. This information was shared during the February 9 School Board meeting.
Additional Research
WT School Hours Fact Sheet – Improving the Journey
https://www.startschoollater.net/research-database-wiki.html
https://www.sleepfoundation.org/school-and-sleep/later-school-start-times
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/134/3/642/74175/School-Start-Times-for-Adolescents
https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/schools-start-too-early.html
https://www.everettsd.org/cms/lib07/WA01920133/Centricity/Domain/2847/Later%20School%20Times.pdf
American Academy of Pediatrics School Start Times
Closure of the Achievement Gap Supportive Research Based on School Hours:
“Brookings Institute economists “conservatively” estimate that shifting middle and high school start times “from roughly 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.[,]” will increase academic achievement by 0.175 standard deviations on average, with effects for disadvantaged students roughly twice as large as advantaged students, at little or no cost to schools; i.e., a 9 to 1 benefits to costs ratio when utilizing single-tier busing, the most expensive transportation method available. (Jacob & Rockoff, Organizing Schools to Improve Student Achievement: Start Times, Grade Configurations, and Teacher Assignments, supra, Hamilton Project, Brookings Inst., pp. 5-11, 21, n. 7 [distinguishing study by Hinrichs (here)].) “This impact is equivalent to an additional two months of schooling.” (Policy Brief, Organizing Schools to Improve Student Achievement: Start Times, Grade Configurations, and Teacher Assignments (Aug. 2011) [accessed 2/9/22 https://schoolstarttime.org/2012/12/16/sample-advocacy-letter-2nd-alternate-format/]
McKeever, P. M., Clark, L. Delayed high school start times later than 8:30 am and impact on graduation rates and attendance rates. Sleep Health, 3(2), 119-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2017.01.002
Combs, D., Goodwin, J. L., Quan, S. F., Morgan, W. J., & Parthasarathy, S. (2015). Longitudinal differences in sleep duration in Hispanic and Caucasian children. Sleep Medicine, 18, 61-66. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.sleep.2015.06.008
Matthews, K. A., Hall, M., & Dahl, R. E. (2014). Sleep in healthy black and white adolescents. Pediatrics, 133(5), e1189-96. https://dx.doi.org/10.1542%2Fpeds.2013-2399
Basch C. E., Basch C. H., Ruggles K. V., Rajan S. (2014). Prevalence of sleep duration on an average school night among 4 nationally representative successive samples of American high school students, 2007–2013. Preventing Chronic Disease, 11(E216), 1-5. https://dx.doi.org/10.5888%2Fpcd11.140383
Matthews, K. A., Dahl, R. E., Owens, J. F., Lee, L., & Hall, M. (2012). Sleep duration and insulin resistance in healthy black and white adolescents. Sleep, 35(10), 1353-8. https://dx.doi.org/10.5665%2Fsleep.2112
Buckhalt, J. A. (2011). Insufficient sleep and the socioeconomic status achievement gap. Child Development Perspectives, 5(1), 59-65. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00151.x
Mindell, J. A., Owens, J., Alves, R., Bruni, O., Goh, D. Y., Hiscock, H., . . . Sadeh, A. (2011). Give children and adolescents the gift of a good night’s sleep: A call to action. Sleep Medicine, 12(3), 203-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2011.01.003
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