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The Economic Case for Letting Teenagers Sleep a Little Later

by InstaSleep · Sep 13, 2017

The Economic Case for Letting Teenagers Sleep a Little Later

A Brookings Institution policy brief investigated the trade-offs between costs and benefits of pushing back the start times of high school in 2011. It estimated that increased transportation costs would most likely be about $150 per student per year. But more sleep has been shown to lead to higher academic achievement.

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