Media Coverage of Edina's Later Start Time
Local Newspapers
Edina Sun-Current (Edina, MN)
Aug 14 '96
New starting times help schools solve busing 'puzzle'
Aug 28 '96
Edina schools will show many changes this year (supt's column)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
1996
July 26
Students paying dearly for early starts
July 27
Early start the norm for metro schools
Sept 4
Buses hit the road; kids hit the books
Dec 10
High school start times under review
1997
Mar 30
School-start proposal sets off an alarm
Apr 2
School hours
Apr 5
For teens, early school-start times are rude awakening (opinion)
Apr 10
School start-times bill dead for '97
Apr 10
Why won't society heed wake-up call on school start time?
Apr 22
Later start times a hit (ltr to ed)
May 6
Drastic starting-time change is school board's topic tonight
May 7
Schools opt to let teens sleep later
May 8
All eyes on Minneapolis' start times Starting Right (Our View)
Sept 9
Childhood time
1998
Nov 25
Study finds teens better rested
2000
Mar 29
Healthy Sleep Capital
May 6
More students are working long hours
Other Publications
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
Sept 3 '96
Edina kids get more zzz's
Chaska Herald (Chaska, MN)
Sept 3 '96
District to study sleep deprivation, school start times for tired teens
JAMA
Sept 18 '96
Some Schools Agree to Let Sleeping Teens Lie
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
Dec 7 '96
Body ClocksÑLater school start time examined
Bear Creek High School Bruin Voice
Jan 24 '97
Early to rise not so wise
Eden Prairie Sun-Current (Eden Prairie, MN)
Mar 12 '97
School start time decision delayed until 1998-99
The Day (New London, CT)
May 21 '97
No rest for the weary
School Board News (national)
May 27 '97
Minnesota takes the lead in delaying high school start times
Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN)
June 10 '97
Later start times an early success in Edina
Biological clock in teens switches time zones
Other districts following Edina's lead
The Washington PostÑHealth
Sept 9, '97
Wake Up, Sleepy Teens
Newsweek International (Japan)
Sept 24 '97
Sleep
Educational Leadership/Assn for Supervision & Curriculum Development
Oct '97
The Three Cs of Safe Schools
USA Today
Oct 21 '97
Today's debate: Later School Hours (Our View)
June 24 '98
Schools slow to wake up to teens' need to sleep in
healthscout.com
Mar 28 '00
America Needs a Lullaby—We're simply getting too little sleep
Richfield Sun-Current (Richfield, MN)
Jan 14 '98
Survey shows little consensus on school start time proposal
Republican American
Jan 22 "98
Dozing Days
Educational Research Service
Spring 1998
High School Students Benefit from Late Start Time
California Schools
Winter 1998
Desperately seeking shut-eye
The School Administrator
March 1999
A Minneapolis Suburb Reaps Early Benefits From a Late Start
For Whom the School Bell Tolls
The New York Times Education Life
Aug 1, '99
Wake-Up Call
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Nov 9, '99
School Daze
In a Minnesota district, later start times working well
Excelsior/Shorewood Sun-Sailor (Excelsior & Shorewood, MN)
Apr 26 '00
Pushing to change early start times in School District
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sept 17, '00
Start the day later for high school students
CAREI (Center for Applied Research & Educational Improvement) REPORTS
January 1997
School Start Time Study: Final Report Summary
September 1997
School Start Time: Technical Report IIÑAnalysis of Student Survey Data
November 1998
Minneapolis School District Start Time Study Report of Findings
Kyla L. Wahlstrom, Ph.D.
College of Education & Human Development
University of Minnesota
265-2 Peik Hall
159 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0208
612/624-0300
wahls001@tc.umn.edu
http://carei.coled.umn.edu
National Sleep Foundation
1522 K Street NW
Suite 500
Washington DC 20005
202/347-3471
Fax 202/347-3472
nsf@sleepfoundation.org
www.sleepfoundation.org