As an experiment, a high school in North Tyneside, England is letting its students start the school day later to see if it has an effect on absenteeism. Just by pushing the start of the school day back one hour, they’re already seeing an 8% drop in general absence and a 27% reduction in persistent absenteeism.
It’s too early to see the academic effects of the later start time, but the school is “hopeful” of standardized test results from January and February. According to the school’s head teacher Paul Kelley, “We can help them learn better. We can help them be less stressed by simply changing the time of the school day.”
Personally, I’d like to see more schools — and some in America — try this out. There’s no reason kids should have to get up so early, and if it helps reduce absenteeism even a little bit, I can’t see any reason not to try the shift.
What do you think? Are there downsides to starting the school day later?
Full story at BBC News. Photo by Col. Sanders.
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I think that school should start later in the day because students may be getting up to early being one myself, i think that it should start later in the day! ☺
i want scool to start at 9
I am not saying any of your opinions are wrong but kids DONT need disipline. They may feel parents are hard enough on them, but that is a good reason
i hate waking up early
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school should not start later because of all the after school activites involved, homework, sports, or music one needs to finish after school. in addition, it only results into kids having a less 1 hour of sleep due to the setback in time.
i think is should start like at 6 a.m.
If you think schools should start later, and you live in the USA, please join our effort to limit the hour at which schools can start (this isn't tell local schools when to start, just setting a limit on the time schools can begin so that schools can't keep starting earlier & earlier for "efficiency" while damaging learning, health, & safety. We need 5000 signatures by Nov. 2, 2011 for a White House response, and any American 13 years or older can sign: http://wh.gov/2qJ
This is a petition format set up by WhiteHouse.gov as a way to let any American bring issues to the attention of the White House–so it's a rare chance to make progress on an issue that local school systems haven't been able to resolve due to economic & other logistical constraints. Signing is a bit complicated in that you first have to register, wait for a confirmation by email, and then log in again on the link they send you to sign, but it's a couple of minutes well spent when you consider the good you can do.
true
school start at 2:14 pm ( cuz school ends at 2:15 pm)
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