It was shown long ago that your brain doesn't fully wake up anyways until something like 10 AM I believe, if not more like 11 AM or noon. Having students get to

It was shown long ago that your brain doesn't fully wake up anyways until something like 10 AM I believe, if not more like 11 AM or noon. Having students get to school at 6-8 AM is just wasting resources. As some have pointed out though, this runs much deeper than people give credit for. The 8-4 schedule of schools isn't due to random choice, it's built around the entire country from the ground up operating on that type of schedule. People need a system where kids can get sent off to school in a way that doesn't impact adults getting to and from work. If schools started even an hour later, I'd bet at least a few million parents would face hardships in adjusting to get their kids to school and maintain their current job. Of course there are more efficient times that we could use for school, but they would break the fragile system the US already has in place. Block scheduling has alleviated the knowledge loss to an extent(imo). By changing from the full 7-8 classes per day schedule to 3-4 classes every day, students can retain more information because they are in each class longer. That also means your homework schedule is drastically less stressful. I don't see any major changes coming to school times. The issue needs to be discussed, but what really can be done about it?