Schools Are Slow to Learn That Sleep Deprivation Hits Teenagers Hardest

Re:Schools Are Slow to Learn That Sleep Deprivation Hits Tee... by tedmiston on Saturday April 02, 2016 @03:02AM (#11410562)

> There's also the much-cited football problem: if high schools ended at a more reasonable hour like 3PM or 3:30PM, this causes problems for football coaches, who might see their after-school practices running to 6PM or something.

I checked my high school and others districts to confirm they operate on an 8 am - 3 pm schedule +/- 30 minutes. Is this uncommon?

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Re:Schools Are Slow to Learn That Sleep Deprivation Hits Tee... by danieloaks on Saturday April 02, 2016 @03:31AM (#11410629)

Same over here in Aus, those are standard hours for most every school I've seen.

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Re:Schools Are Slow to Learn That Sleep Deprivation Hits Tee... by _kyran on Saturday April 02, 2016 @05:46AM (#11410915)

Little later in my experience (vic) 9am to 3:20

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Re:Schools Are Slow to Learn That Sleep Deprivation Hits Tee... by pbhjpbhj on Saturday April 02, 2016 @06:27AM (#11411000)

That's standard UK primary school (4-11yo) hours too.

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Re:Schools Are Slow to Learn That Sleep Deprivation Hits Tee... by Normal_gaussian on Saturday April 02, 2016 @08:12AM (#11411244)

And pretty much the same for secondary.

560 min or 650 min periods, 45 min lunch, 15 min morning break. 6 hour minimum day. Any extra time is padding for registration or longer breaks.

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