Importance of Sleep Time for Youth

In this study, researchers analyzed data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey from 2007 until 2015, and report that more than two thirds of teens are getting fewer than eight hours of sleep per night. Adolescents who get fewer than six hours of sleep at night were more than twice as likely to report alcohol and other drug use, nearly twice as likely to be involved in fights and three times as likely to consider or attempt suicide, compared with those who slept for at least eight hours at night. 

Weaver, M. D., Barger, L. K., Malone, S. K., Anderson, L. S., & Klerman, E. B. (2018). Dose-dependent associations between sleep duration and unsafe behaviors among US high school students. JAMA Pediatrics. https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.2777

School Crime and Safety

A joint effort by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, this annual report examines crime occurring in schools and colleges. This report presents data on crime at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population from an array of sources—the National Crime Victimization Survey, the School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the School Survey on Crime and Safety, the Schools and Staffing Survey, EDFacts, and the Campus Safety and Security Survey. The report covers topics such as victimization, bullying, school conditions, fights, weapons, the presence of security staff at school, availability and student use of drugs and alcohol, student perceptions of personal safety at school, and criminal incidents at postsecondary institutions.

Musu-Gillette, L., Zhang, A., Wang, K., Zhang, J., Kemp, J., Dilibert, M., & Oudekerk, B. (2017). Indicators of school crime and safety: 2017. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, & the Bureau of Justice Statistics. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2018/2018036.pdf