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in grades; attendance also improved, with the average amount of sleep increased by an hour from 6.5 to 7.5 hours (Dunster, et al., 2018). However, this improvement in sleep was only found during schooldays, and not weekends (Dunster, et al., 2018). This strongly supports the increase in sleep to be caused by the delay in school starts and not by other variables

This paper investigates the benefits of delaying school through a survey on students. By analyzing data on sleep on school nights and afternoon half days, the conditions of delaying school start times are replicated. Additionally, data on caffeine intake and weekend sleep are analyzed to consider other factors. The conclusion of the analysis of the survey’s various data demonstrates a high rate of sleep deprivation; delaying school start times is a suitable alternative to consider so that students sleep more

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To hypothesize if delaying school start times will improve sleep for teens, a survey was conducted on a sample of students in grades 7th to 12th grade in New York City. To obtain this data, the survey was posted on social media and sent to an art class that had students in all 5 boroughs. Anonymously recording data,

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