High Schools Wake up to Later Start Times: Our View

Why does the Editorial Board mention the Ameican Academy of Pediatrics in paragraph 7?

• A. To demonstrate the lack of sleep is bad for teenagers

• B. To suggest that the board's opinion is popular

• C. To imply that doctors agree with students

• D. To show that a credible source supports the board's claim

Which Sentence from the selection supports the writer's claim that the early high school start times are designed to benefit people other than students?

• Coaches and many teachers and parents like the crack-of-dawn schedule.

• Biologically, it is difficult for teenagers to fall asleep before 11 p.m. and wake up before 8 a.m.

• Making changes to the existing schedule is hard.

• A Later high schools start time also has the consequences of a later high school end time.

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Which emotion is the photograph most likely intended to evoke in the reader?

• Worry about rising costs

• Concern for students

• Fear of taking an early class

• Frustration with school boards

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In paragraph 21, Ted Velkoff includes examples in his argument most likely because he-

• feels that parents would need to make other arrangements for childcare

• thinks a later start time would delay sporting events until the evening.

• wants to make people aware of the disadvantages of a later extra money

• believes that students require time after school to make extra money

Both the Editoria Board and Velkoff agree that -

• teenagers should start school earlier

• teenagers should get more sleep

• high schools should start later

• high school should teach good sleep habits.