The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported earlier this month that less than 20 percent of middle and high schools follow the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation to start their school day at 8:30 am or later. The average start time for nearly 40,000 public middle schools, high schools and combined schools was 8:03 a.m., based on data from the 2011-2012 school year.
If you’re doing a story about sleep and the upcoming school year, Penn Medicine sleep experts are available to discuss the importance of healthy sleep for mental and physical performance and health in and out of the classroom, tips on how parents can maintain a healthy sleep schedule for kids, the recommended # of hours of sleep in young kids, teenagers, and adults, and the risks associated with unhealthy sleep.
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