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Reorganizing School Schedules: Start Times, Light, Scheduling

Posted on September 05, 2008

With summer drawing to a close and schools starting up for a new season, what better time to take a look at how schools utilize research about the brain in determining the timing of the flow of school. Not only current brain research, but common sense, tells me the following areas need tweaking.- School start times and sleep- Exposure to natural light- Scheduling of classesSCHOOL START TIMES AND SLEEPLeft to your own devices, what time would you go to sleep each evening and what time would you wake up? As adults, it is likely that external responsibilities determine your wake time, and the mat...

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