청소년의 수면 부족은 중요한 공중보건 문제. 청소년의 수면 부족은 청소년의 건강과 안전, 학업성취도에 악영향을 끼침. 청소년의 적정 수면 시간은 8.5-9.5시간인데, 이를 달성하기 위해 가장 효과적이고 실행가능한 방식은 중고등학교의 등교시간을 오전 8시30분 이후로 늦추는 것.

교육감 선거시 학생들의 ‘수면권’과 관련하여 논란이 되었던 한국에서도 참고하면 좋을 문헌

From the American Academy of Pediatrics
Policy Statement
School Start Times for Adolescents
ADOLESCENT SLEEP WORKING GROUP, COMMITTEE ON ADOLESCENCE, COUNCIL ON SCHOOL HEALTH

The American Academy of Pediatrics recognizes insufficient sleep in adolescents as an important public health issue that significantly affects the health and safety, as well as the academic success, of our nation’s middle and high school students. Although a number of factors, including biological changes in sleep associated with puberty, lifestyle choices, and academic demands, negatively affect middle and high school students’ ability to obtain sufficient sleep, the evidence strongly implicates earlier school start times (ie, before 8:30 AM) as a key modifiable contributor to insufficient sleep, as well as circadian rhythm disruption, in this population. Furthermore, a substantial body of research has now demonstrated that delaying school start times is an effective countermeasure to chronic sleep loss and has a wide range of potential benefits to students with regard to physical and mental health, safety, and academic achievement. The American Academy of Pediatrics strongly supports the efforts of school districts to optimize sleep in students and urges high schools and middle schools to aim for start times that allow students the opportunity to achieve optimal levels of sleep (8.5–9.5 hours) and to improve physical (eg, reduced obesity risk) and mental (eg, lower rates of depression) health, safety (eg, drowsy driving crashes), academic performance, and quality of life.