Sixfeatsmall05 t1_jcfuyde wrote on March 16, 2023 at 3:15 PM

Reply to comment by thesilversverker in Do you think Maine should mandate later start times for high schools? by benpinette

It’s cost benefit. A 2018 study on this found a 4.5% increase in grades between early and later starting times. We aren’t talking huge changes here. I would think that as a culture we see school sports as at least a 5% net positive or growth for adolescents.

thesilversverker t1_jcfwpeg wrote on March 16, 2023 at 3:26 PM

> I would think that as a culture we see school sports as at least a 5% net positive or growth for adolescents.

I think you're right on this, as far as cultural perceived benefits.

Proving that our populace is bad at math, and should have played fewer sports.

50k in sports, 175k total students. We should disregard the minority interest, sports would need to be like a 17% bump to break even.

Sixfeatsmall05 t1_jcg2pbl wrote on March 16, 2023 at 4:04 PM

But if we are saying that at best a later start is going to net us only a 5% increase in scores, which is what data shows, is that worth all the structural changes we would need to make to Get there when we haven’t fully made all possible changes within the current system such as more teachers, more technology etc?

wormpussy t1_jcg9hm3 wrote on March 16, 2023 at 4:47 PM

A 5% increase in scores across the state of Maine would be a huge benefit to our communities, if people like you didn’t keep holding these poor kids back intellectually then we could probably snowball it into a higher percentage. Why do you see an issue with a more educated population?