<story><title>Schools Are Slow to Learn That Sleep Deprivation Hits Teenagers Hardest</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/upshot/schools-are-slow-to-learn-that-sleep-deprivation-hits-teenagers-hardest.html?ribbon-ad-idx=6&amp;rref=upshot&amp;module=Ribbon&amp;version=context&amp;region=Header&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=The%20Upshot&amp;pgtype=article&amp;_r=0</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sgentle</author><text>I predict this will be a difficult sell, for the reasons pg outlined in &amp;quot;Why Nerds are Unpopular&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&amp;#x2F;nerds.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&amp;#x2F;nerds.html&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Now adults have no immediate use for teenagers. They would be in the way in an office. So they drop them off at school on their way to work, much as they might drop the dog off at a kennel if they were going away for the weekend.&lt;p&gt;Schools are government-subsidised daycare first, educational institutions second, which is the reason they often fail at teaching students but rarely fail at keeping them in place.&lt;p&gt;From that perspective, why would you change a child&amp;#x27;s school hours to anything less compatible with their parents&amp;#x27; work hours? If anything, I would expect the trend to be towards longer hours at school, perhaps by more tightly integrating after-school activities.</text></comment>
<story><title>Schools Are Slow to Learn That Sleep Deprivation Hits Teenagers Hardest</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/upshot/schools-are-slow-to-learn-that-sleep-deprivation-hits-teenagers-hardest.html?ribbon-ad-idx=6&amp;rref=upshot&amp;module=Ribbon&amp;version=context&amp;region=Header&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=The%20Upshot&amp;pgtype=article&amp;_r=0</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>carsongross</author><text>It is absolutely ridiculous that we make growing humans get out of bed before 8 AM.  Pubescent teens should be sleeping 10 hours a night, particularly boys who are in their growth spurts.&lt;p&gt;When I am emperor dictator, no schools open before 9AM.</text></comment>