First of all, students sleep. An important part of everyones health is how much they sleep every day. On average, 80% of schools start before 8 a.m., and many students that go to these schools face sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation is the condition of not having enough sleep. Many people these days are suffering from sleep deprivation. The reason why many students are facing sleep deprivation, is because of natural shifts in biological changes which cause students to have a tendency of falling asleep later at night, resulting in later waking times. Students need around 9.5 hours of sleep each day to get enough sleep, ensure health and brain development, and also optimal performance. For those who have less than 7 hours of sleep each night, they often report that they get tired throughout the day. Getting this little sleep each night can affect emotional or behavioural problems. For example, irritability, depression, and also violence. Studies have shown that subjects that only had around 4.5 hours of sleep a night for one week were more stressed, sad, or angry, but when
the subjects returned to their normal sleep times, their moods had improved dramatically. Therefore, early schools start times definitely affect students sleep each and every day.
Early schools starting times not only affect students sleep, but also affect students academic performance. Young teens spend a great portion of each day in school but are not able to maximize the learning opportunities given by schools, unfortunately, this is due to sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation students to be drowsy, unalert, and makes it harder for them to pay attention too. Furthermore, studies have proven that students test scores, and overall grades go up if they get an adequate amount of sleep each day. Even the lowest performing students make the biggest progress in their education due to enough sleep every day. The reason why students perform better in school after an adequate amount of sleep, is because when people are well rested they have enhanced attention, learning becomes easier for them, they will have better problem-solving skills, and they also will have improved recall.