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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