I've seen this research reported before in past years. Interesting and jives with my personal experience.
It is my strongly held view, based upon the evidence, that the efforts of dedicated teachers and the money spent on school facilities will have a greater impact and education will be more rewarding when, collectively, teenagers, parents, teachers and school governors start to take sleep seriously. In the universal language of school reports: we must do better.
But good luck with that. It should be obvious by now that public schools are not meant to serve students and their educational needs. Schools are meant to allow politicians to buy votes, give unions power, and provide daycare for busy parents.
Not necessarily. But the system as it stands is not optimized for an enriching education tailored to individual abilities and weaknesses. The education system here in the u.s. is based on taking care of the average student, providing extra services (of questionable quality) to students with disabilities, and shortchanging exceptional students. No account in class scheduling is taken for the unique circadian/sleep needs of teens. The whole system is based on old people with industrial revolution mentalities handing down mandates for the youth and how they should be treated with no objective feedback on results. Secondary edu in the u.s. runs on the prisoner/warden, manager/factory worker paradigm.
It is my strongly held view, based upon the evidence, that the efforts of dedicated teachers and the money spent on school facilities will have a greater impact and education will be more rewarding when, collectively, teenagers, parents, teachers and school governors start to take sleep seriously. In the universal language of school reports: we must do better.
But good luck with that. It should be obvious by now that public schools are not meant to serve students and their educational needs. Schools are meant to allow politicians to buy votes, give unions power, and provide daycare for busy parents.