Terra Incognita

When Science Meets Spin

Why Misreading New Sleep Research Puts Students—Especially the Most Vulnerable—at Risk

Mar 17 • Terra Ziporyn

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February 2026

When the Wall Finally Cracks: The Start-Time Battles That Looked Hopeless—Until They Weren’t

How some of the most resistant school districts in America became champions of healthy start times.

Feb 9 • Terra Ziporyn

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January 2026

The End of ‘We Can’t’: What a New Study Reveals About School Start Times

San Francisco stopped hand‑wringing and solved the problem. Other districts can, too.

Jan 15 • Terra Ziporyn

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December 2025

What I’ve Learned from Getting School Start Time Laws Passed (and Why It’s Still So Hard)

Hard-won lessons from a public health advocate working for policies to protect kids

Dec 11, 2025 • Terra Ziporyn

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November 2025

When One Door Closes: Florida's School Start Time Reform Isn't Over Yet

Despite a watered-down school start time law, some Florida districts may still end up complying.

Nov 13, 2025 • Terra Ziporyn

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October 2025

Braver Angels + Start School Later: A Case Study in Delaying School Start Times

How one Tennessee community used civil discourse and sleep science to overcome fear and division—and make mornings more humane

Oct 16, 2025 • Terra Ziporyn

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September 2025

Later Isn’t Everything. But Earlier is Harmful

The evidence is clear: delaying the bell may not solve every problem, but ringing it too early creates them

Sep 17, 2025 • Terra Ziporyn

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August 2025

A Matter of Interest

Creating Win-Wins for Decisionmakers and Student Sleep

Aug 19, 2025 • Terra Ziporyn

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July 2025

Helping Changemakers Make Change

Why We Need a National Nonprofit to Start School Later

Jul 16, 2025 • Terra Ziporyn

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June 2025

How Many Schools Have Moved Start Times Later?

The number one question people ask us at Start School Later involves how many schools have "made the change." Unfortunately, this question has no simple…

Jun 17, 2025 • Terra Ziporyn

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May 2025

Local Control or Misplaced Priorities?

Understanding Florida's school start time fiasco

May 14, 2025 • Terra Ziporyn

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April 2025

The Birth of the Start School Later Movement

Turning a 'trivial' kitchen-table education issue into a national movement

Apr 16, 2025 • Terra Ziporyn

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