Teenagers need 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night to be at their best, but few get anywhere near that amount. That’s often due to factors outside their control, like school hours and homework levels. Many schools have been taking notice and making changes to promote teen sleep. Even before COVID-19 was added to the […]
When Hansika Daggolu s junior year of high school starts in the fall, she ll be watching to see if a later first bell under a new California law means fewer classmates are heads-down on their desks for afternoon naps.
Beginning this fall high schools in the nation’s most populous state can’t start before 8:30 a.m. and middle schools can’t start before 8 a.m. under a 2019 first-in-the-nation law forbidding earlier start times.