The idea of Second Sleep was created after teaching on the eastside of Cleveland, Oh.
While teaching there, I came across so many students who were labeled as “behavior kids” and often kicked out of class.
One day my student came into my classroom upset he had been kicked out of another class. Upon speaking with him, I found out he had been up for almost three days straight because he did not have a bed to sleep on. He also explained that his family had one twin size mattress on the floor that he had given up to his three younger siblings to sleep on. He expressed he was tired and irritable, understandably so. This is just one example of the many stories experienced throughout teaching that gives a glimpse into the ripple effect a lack of sleep can have on a child, an education. Throughout the 5 years I have been teaching, I have found the characters may change, but the story stays the same. Children are sleeping without beds every single night all around Cleveland.
-Ashley Rose, President of Second Sleep