Despite Health and Learning Benefits, Half of Parents Against Later School Start Times (IMAGE)

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Despite Health and Learning Benefits, Half of Parents Against Later School Start Times

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Leading pediatrics and sleep associations agree: Teens shouldn't start school so early. Yet University of Michigan research finds parents are split almost down the middle on whether they support delays in school start times that might permit their 13- to 17-year-olds to sleep later on school days.

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