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Back to School

An eight-part series by Post-Gazette staff writers examines a variety of educational issues as students troop back to classrooms for the last school year of the 1900s. An index follows:

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Carrie Visk and Joey Killiam work on  a math problem in Barbara Cooper's first-grade class at the Tenth Street School in Oakmont. (Joyce Mendelsohn - Post-Gazette)

Math project helps solve old problem of poor skills

A 50-year debate on math shows no sign of slowing

Formula for learning: More math

International math survey offers roadmap to improvements for U.S.

Expulsion part of solution

When the homeroom is parked outside in the schoolyard

For many, the computer lab is standard

After-school programs fight for funding

Big money rides on the enrollment guessing game

Rough start for school chief

Five roundups provide a snapshot of the new year in school districts around the region: North, South, East, West, and Washington County.

In the North

In the South

In the East

In the West

In Washington County



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