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14 Fredericksburg Parent and Family • September 2016 14 Fredericksburg Parent and Family • September 2016 Want kids to bring home A's? start with more Z's. According to sleep experts and numerous new studies, lost sleep hurts learning and hinders school-day success. that's bad news because today's kids get about an hour less sleep each night than they did 30 years ago, says new york times bestselling author Po Bronson in his book "NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children". this lost sleep comes with a steep price tag—impaired learning and academic success. Sleep, Science and Smarter Kids: WRITTEN BY MALiA jAcoBson How Sleep Boosts Learning How does sleep boost learning? researchers believe it has to do with the way the brain processes information during sleep. Michigan State University researchers found that children can even learn while they're asleep as the brain integrates new information and memories. researchers from University of Florida discovered that newborns learn in their sleep, and new research from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine shows that sleep helps students perform better on tests. ...lost sleep comes with a steep price tag — impaired learning and academic success. " "