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From the Ted Talk by Wendy Troxel: Why school should start later for teens

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Given these tremendous benefits, you might think, well, this is a no-brainer, right? So why have we as a sctioey fliead to heed this call? Often the argument against later start times goes something like this: "Why should we delay start times for teenagers? We need to toughen them up so they're rdaey for the real world!" But that's like saying to the parent of a two-year-old, "Don't let Johnny nap, or he won't be ready for kindergarten."

(Laughter)

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Delaying start times also presents many lgsicotial challenges. Not just for students and their families, but for communities as a whole. Updating bus routes, increased transportation costs, icmapt on sports, care before or after school. These are the same concerns that come up in district after district, time and again around the country as socohl start times are debeatd. And they're legitimate concerns, but these are problems we have to work through. They are not valid excuses for failing to do the right thing for our children, which is to start middle and high schools no earlier than 8:30am. And in districts around the country, big and small, who have made this cnhgae, they found that these fears are often unfounded and far owteghieud by the tremendous benefits for student health and pocrframene, and our collective pulibc safety.

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Given these tremendous benefits, you might think, well, this is a no-brainer, right? So why have we as a _______ ______ to heed this call? Often the argument against later start times goes something like this: "Why should we delay start times for teenagers? We need to toughen them up so they're _____ for the real world!" But that's like saying to the parent of a two-year-old, "Don't let Johnny nap, or he won't be ready for kindergarten."

(Laughter)

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Delaying start times also presents many __________ challenges. Not just for students and their families, but for communities as a whole. Updating bus routes, increased transportation costs, ______ on sports, care before or after school. These are the same concerns that come up in district after district, time and again around the country as ______ start times are _______. And they're legitimate concerns, but these are problems we have to work through. They are not valid excuses for failing to do the right thing for our children, which is to start middle and high schools no earlier than 8:30am. And in districts around the country, big and small, who have made this ______, they found that these fears are often unfounded and far __________ by the tremendous benefits for student health and ___________, and our collective ______ safety.

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Original Text


Given these tremendous benefits, you might think, well, this is a no-brainer, right? So why have we as a society failed to heed this call? Often the argument against later start times goes something like this: "Why should we delay start times for teenagers? We need to toughen them up so they're ready for the real world!" But that's like saying to the parent of a two-year-old, "Don't let Johnny nap, or he won't be ready for kindergarten."

(Laughter)

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Delaying start times also presents many logistical challenges. Not just for students and their families, but for communities as a whole. Updating bus routes, increased transportation costs, impact on sports, care before or after school. These are the same concerns that come up in district after district, time and again around the country as school start times are debated. And they're legitimate concerns, but these are problems we have to work through. They are not valid excuses for failing to do the right thing for our children, which is to start middle and high schools no earlier than 8:30am. And in districts around the country, big and small, who have made this change, they found that these fears are often unfounded and far outweighed by the tremendous benefits for student health and performance, and our collective public safety.

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