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Shifting school start times could address teen sleep loss, research says

Shifting school start times could address teen sleep loss, research says
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. ( InvestigateTV ) — School in many districts across the country begins before sunrise, a schedule doctors say runs counter to how teenage brains are wired to sleep. School did not always start this early. During the 1950s and 1960s, U.S. schools started between 8:30 and 9 a.m. beca...

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