Effects of school start time on students’ sleep duration, daytime sleepiness, and attendance: a meta-analysis

Which beliefs it touches

• C14 Later school start backs it up

  Meta-analysis of 20 studies (5 longitudinal, 15 cross-sectional): later school start times went with longer sleep, less daytime sleepiness (7 studies) and less tardiness (3 studies); authors urge caution. Sleep side of C14 only; no academic outcomes. Abstract only.