In the United States, the earliest start time for school begins at 7:40 Am or 8:15 Am. However, compared to different countries around the world schools either starts at the same time as the United States or it starts later. For example, a typical school day in Australia starts at 9:00 Am. As for Brazil, school time starts at 7:00 Am. In South Korea, the average start time is 8:00 AM. Kenya has the same start time as South Korea at 8:00 AM.

A typical start time for Russia is 8:30 AM. So far it seems Australia has the latest start time. I wonder if that helps with student performance in school? I mean does starting school at a later time help students function and perform better in school? At 7:00 AM I think students are tired and not fully awake.

In France, a typical school day starts at 8:00 Am, the same as Kenya and South Korea. The average start time in China is 7:30 Am. These school days in the United States, Australia, Kenya, South Korea, China, France, Russia and Brazil shows similar school start times. This is relevant to our course because it compares these countries to show how school systems around the world works. In addition, it shows that governments in these eight countries have placed similar school policies in regards of beginning classes quite early.

However, Australia starts at a later time compared to the other seven countries. We can test or research with these eight countries to see if starting school at an early time or later helps students learn or function better in school. We can then look more into Australia’s school system to see if starting school at 9:00 Am is beneficial to students or not then compare it to the other seven countries mentioned.

You can read more about the school days of these countries in this article https://www.infoplease.com/world/world-statistics/school-years-around-world it also tells the school end time of the countries as well.

Blessing.