Amy Wolfson, professor of psychology and associate dean for faculty development at the College of the Holy Cross, was among a small group of nationally-recognized sleep experts asked to answer to NPR listener questions about teens and sleep. Questions were submitted in response to a "Morning Edition" story, The Other Big Deficit: Many Teens Fall Short On Sleep, that aired earlier in the week.
Commenting on early school start times at many of the nation’s high schools, Wolfson wrote, “Adolescents need 9.2 hours of sleep, and due to the circadian phase delay, the time they go to bed hovers around 11 p.m. So that means it's difficult to start school before 8:30 or 9 a.m.”
This "Holy Cross in the News" item by Kristine Maloney.
