There are some limitations, however, to this study, but they can be overcome with credibility and ingenuity. Obviously, finances are required in order to implement this research nationally, and it will be difficult to attain these considering the recent budget cuts in the educational system in many key states like California. In addition, the article also states that the findings were recognized after only two districts decided to change their start time and future research can only be conducted should other districts statewide and nationally decide to implement the time change.
In my personal opinion, the actual journal article was not comprehensive enough in nature. The article presented notable conclusions yet failed to offer sufficient raw data to validate them. Additionally, minimal information was given as to the background researcher and her affiliation with the center. There are a couple of issues that came to surface while I was reading the article and no corroborating data was given to justify them. The data collection process can be subjective where answers given by students, teachers, and parents may be exaggerated and therefore are not entirely reliable. Also, the changes in depression levels, grade increase, and drop out rates within students maybe attributed to other internal and external factors independent of the start time. Although her conclusions seemed reasonable, more information linking the positive changes to the time changes themselves were certainly needed.