- Start School Later chapters
- Send a letter of support to legislators, asking them to support Speaker Coughlin and Senator Gopal’s bills on this issue
- Pennsylvania Joint Commission Statement
- New Jersey Final Report
- Start School Later current and past legislation– A compilation of bills that are either live or likely to be re- introduced across various states as well as successful state legislation.
- School Start Time Research & Information –
Compliments of Anthony J. Portantino, California State Senator - Start School Later Research Database– Current published work on adolescent sleep patterns, sleep loss, and healthy school start times.
- Collins TA, Indorf C, Klak T. Creating regional consensus for starting school later: a physician-driven approach in southern Maine. Sleep Health. Dec 2017;3(6):479-482. doi:10.1016/j.sleh.2017.10.002
- Fitzpatrick JM, Silva GE, Vana KD. Perceived Barriers and Facilitating Factors in Implementing Delayed School Start Times to Improve Adolescent Sleep Patterns. J Sch Health. Dec 2 2020;doi:10.1111/josh.12983
- Meltzer LJ, McNally J, Plog AE, Siegfried SA. Engaging the community in the process of changing school start times: experience of the Cherry Creek School District. Sleep Health. 2017/12/01/ 2017;3(6):472-478. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2017.08.005
- Barnes M, Davis K, Mancini M, Ruffin J, Simpson T, Casazza K. Setting Adolescents Up for Success: Promoting a Policy to Delay High School Start Times. J Sch Health. Jul 2016;86(7):552-7. doi:10.1111/josh.12405
Pennsylvania Joint Commission Statement Common Perceived Challenges and Potential Solutions, pages 59-75
- Minnesota Sleep Society: Teen Sleep Loss Toolkit
- Radnor Township School District (PA) – More Sleep for a Healthier Student– Report from the Radnor Township School District Sleep and School Start Time Committee exploring the national public health issues of chronic sleep deprivation in adolescents and the contributing factors and consequences, community education on the topic, research and evaluation on its impact on Radnor, and initial recommendation to the district administration and the School Board.
11 Steps to a Later Start Time– Steps Princeton School District took to successfully implement later school start times in their high school.
- Current media: NJ proposed bill
- Later school start times eyed to address youth mental health crisis Several states and school districts are looking at implementing the shift.
- Other media
- Op-Ed: Let there be sleep — especially for NJ’s overtired teens Sleep deprivation can cause myriad woes for teenagers, from poor performance on the playing field and in the classroom to depression and traffic accidents.
- NJSBA ‘Education Matters’ Podcast
- Episode on the science behind later school start times with Dr. Bert Mandelbaum, MD
- Episode on how Millburn Township Public Schools studied moving back the start time for the school day and how the schedule change has affected sports, transportation, teacher training and traffic patterns with Dr. Christine Burton, Superintendent of Millburn Township Public Schools.
- Ridgewood Parent Education 6-series workshops
- The Debate Over School Start Times The Voice for Education, September 2021
- New Jersey
- Princeton School District
- School District of the Chathams’
- Millburn Township Public Schools
- Pennsylvania
- Pennsbury School Start Time Study
- PennRidge School District School Start Time Study
- Garnet Valley School District– Re-imagined school start times for 2021-2022 school year and updated bell schedule
- Upper Darby School District– Process, results, and updated block schedule
- Radnor Township School District
- Other
- Start School Later Success Stories
- Sleep for athletes: A Sport Psychologist’s Perspective on The Importance of Sleep for High-School Athletes
- Asynchronous learning at Central Bucks School District Online options for High School Students offered during first block