Education

Sentencing for Former Cardinal Hayes Principal Is Delayed

The former principal, Christopher Keogan, pleaded guilty in September to stealing money from Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. He was supposed to...

Climate Change Researcher Offers a Defense of His Practices

Wei-Hock Soon, who is at the center of a controversy over fossil-fuel funding for climate research, denounced his critics and said he would be...

Central Figure in the Atlanta Schools Cheating Scandal Dies

Beverly Hall, the former superintendent who was awaiting trial for her alleged participation in a conspiracy to alter test results, died Monday after a...

Motherlode Blog: ‘My Friend Has a Son Who Is Autistic’

At first, I didn't get that the clumsy idle talk was an attempt at showing compassion. ...read more

Motherlode Blog: Why Schools Should Undermine Moral Teachings

All men are created equal. True or False … or Opinion? ...read more

Low sugar uptake in brain appears to exacerbate Alzheimer’s disease

A deficiency in the protein responsible for moving glucose across the brain's protective blood-brain barrier appears to intensify the neurodegenerative effects of Alzheimer's disease,...

Scientists crack piece of neural code for learning, memory

Researchers describe how postmortem brain slices can be 'read' to determine how a rat was trained to behave in response to specific sounds, a...

Cerebral blood flow as a possible marker for concussion outcomes

Cerebral blood flow recovery in the brain could be a biomarker of outcomes in patients following concussion, a new imaging study suggests. Most of...

Alzheimer amyloid clumps found in young adult brains

Amyloid -- an abnormal protein that's a hallmark of Alzheimer's -- starts accumulating inside neurons of people as young as 20, reports a study....

The Learning Network: What’s Going On in This Picture? | March 2, 2015

On Mondays, we publish a Times photo without a caption, headline or other information about its origins. Join the conversation by posting about what...