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All you kids out there who hate waking up early for school worry not, cause science has your back.
Hey guys, Tara here for Dnews - and like many of you out there, I am NOT a morning person.
Having to wake up at 6 am every single day was probably the thing I hated most about school growing up - and now, there's research to prove that it can actually affect our academic performance.
A new study conducted throughout 718 public elementary schools in Kentucky - finds that earlier school start times are associated with lower performance - but ONLY in students from middle or upper class backgrounds.
Researchers assessed academic performance using standardized test scores, as well as attendance rates, teacher-student ratios, and retention rates - which is the number of students required to repeat a certain grade.
They theorized that earlier start times would be associated with lower performance in almost all of those areas - particularly in disadvantaged schools.
But to their surprise, the results showed that wasn't true.
Kids who attended schools in disadvantaged districts saw no difference in performance, regardless of what time school started.
However, children attending affluent schools, saw a significant decrease in academic performance, the earlier school started.
