Recent studies show that teenagers cannot regularly fall asleep before 11 pm and that teenagers need eight to ten hours of sleep. Yet many high schools start before 8 am making it impossible for teenagers to get enough sleep. The result: less sleep, lower attendance, lower grades, and more car accidents. Will high schools change? Of course not, high schools are at the forefront of the attack on science: they teach creationism and graduate scientifically illiterate students–why would they use science to improve education?
