Source: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/school-starts-too-early/?&WT.mc_id=SA_WR_20140827
School Starts Too Early
Does that affect learning? It does, according to Kyla Wahlstrom, director of the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement at the University of Minnesota. She published a large study in February that tracked more than 9,000 students in eight public high schools in Minnesota, Colorado and Wyoming. After one semester, when school began at 8:35 a.m. or later, grades earned in math, English, science and social studies typically rose a quarter step—for example, up halfway from B to B+.
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For what it’s worth, I certainly thought classes began too early, but I’m naturally a very night-oriented person. My first several weeks in Singapore were a great time of productivity for me because my body was twelve hours out of synch with the sun. Unfortunately I eventually acclimated and had trouble getting up before ten in the morning again.
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Thanks for the comment! I am also more of a night-oriented person. In fact, I never really got used to the Singapore education system even after 10 years of waking up at 6am! Hope more schools can heed the research and start school later for the benefit of students.
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