semester

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After the first semester under the new rules, Harvard-Westlake school leaders reported promising results — and some students said they no longer are reflexively reaching for their phones and are sleeping better.

From Los Angeles Times

Economist Hengchen Dai and colleagues show that people are more likely to launch new goals after salient dates—birthdays, Mondays, the start of a semester and, of course, Jan. 1.

From The Wall Street Journal

This month Beijing proposed a ban on smartphones, computers and other screens for children up to 3 and required schools to conduct vision tests twice a semester.

From The Wall Street Journal

To select a discipline, students rotate through programs during an exploratory first semester.

From The Wall Street Journal

But as weeks of detention turned into months, Benjamin obsessed over the school semester, well underway.

From Los Angeles Times