Later School Start Times Are Not Beneficial for All Students
August 28, 2025
Key Points
Later school start times have proved to provide many sleep and health benefits.
Only recently have researchers asked if the benefits are uniform across social class and ethnicity.
A recent large nationwide study showed that benefits were not found for some groups.
Reduction in sleep health disparities will have to depend on more than just later school start times.
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