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    <title type="text">Teacher Magazine's New Terrain</title>
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    <updated>2009-06-12T12:50:54Z</updated>
    <subtitle>Jessica Shyu, who taught special education for two years at an American Indian reservation school in New Mexico, is a program director for Teach For America in Washington, D.C., where she supports and trains TFA teachers. In this blog, Jessica will write about the lives of new teachers in today's schools, exploring their practice, experiences, and career challenges and opportunities. Opinions expressed in the blog are Jessica's own and do not represent the views of Teach for America or teachermagazine.org. </subtitle>
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    <title>Work hard, get smart</title>
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    <published>2009-06-08T04:20:35Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-12T12:50:54Z</updated>
    
    
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        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">"...success depends less on intellectual endowment than on perseverance and drive. As Professor Nisbett puts it, “Intelligence and academic achievement are very much under people’s control." I am...&lt;br/&gt;
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    <title>We MUST relax!</title>
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    <published>2009-06-08T02:35:08Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-08T20:16:25Z</updated>
    
    
    <author>
        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">Like so many of you right now, I am tired. I have not blogged in over a month (I'm sorry Teacher Magazine). I haven't made dinner in over 10 days, scrubbed the bathroom since winter, and my jiggly...&lt;br/&gt;
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    <title>Friday Night Eduholism</title>
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    <published>2009-04-25T05:18:59Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-27T14:50:17Z</updated>
    
    
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">I love kids. It's Friday night and we just finished our dinner party. It was all adults, but one of my fiance's friends brought two high school students he has been family friends with for more than...&lt;br/&gt;
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    <title>Big, bold leadership (and more hours in the day)</title>
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    <published>2009-04-22T13:54:15Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-22T16:02:38Z</updated>
    
    
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">Thank you, Mr. Duncan, for saying clearly in your Time interview what needed to be said: 1) Lengthen time in school: You point out that many high performing schools have longer school days and...&lt;br/&gt;
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    <title> Actively. Publicly. Loudly.</title>
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    <published>2009-04-20T16:00:25Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-20T19:37:47Z</updated>
    
    
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        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">I swear. I am a nice person. I say "please" and "thank you." I recycle. I chew with my mouth closed. And I am respectful to everyone, especially my elders. But apparently when anyone, even someone...&lt;br/&gt;
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    <title>The gap within the gap</title>
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    <published>2009-03-27T02:08:53Z</published>
    <updated>2009-03-27T14:34:35Z</updated>
    
    
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        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">My younger brother never visited me in New Mexico, but he had a loyal following of middle school boys on the Navajo Nation. I may have been the one crafting creative lesson plans and cutting out...&lt;br/&gt;
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    <title>DC Chancellor gives self failing grade</title>
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    <published>2009-03-17T17:42:00Z</published>
    <updated>2009-03-17T14:16:04Z</updated>
    
    
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        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee graded herself an "F" when asked by The Washington Times how she would rate her first 20 months in office. Political gimmick? Blog-worthy sound bite? A self-deprecating...&lt;br/&gt;
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    <title>Freedom to Debate: Is NCLB Working?</title>
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    <published>2009-03-05T15:00:32Z</published>
    <updated>2009-03-05T19:30:53Z</updated>
    
    
    <author>
        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
        <uri>http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/jshyu/</uri>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">Is NCLB working? I'm a supporter of No Child Left Behind, not because it doesn't need a ton of fixing, but because I believe it's driving us in the right direction and holding us all accountable to...&lt;br/&gt;
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<entry>
    <title>$100 billion daydreams</title>
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    <published>2009-02-17T15:25:45Z</published>
    <updated>2009-02-18T17:44:53Z</updated>
    
    
    <author>
        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">Hallelujah, we are rich. With the sweep of his pen on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will more than double the budget for education when he signs the $789 billion stimulus package. Secretary of...&lt;br/&gt;
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<entry>
    <title>Shovel-ready</title>
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    <published>2009-02-12T13:08:58Z</published>
    <updated>2009-02-12T16:14:13Z</updated>
    
    
    <author>
        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">I'm all about balance and compromise when it comes to politics and policy, but how many others out there shook their heads knowingly and resignedly when finding out that the revised stimulus package...&lt;br/&gt;
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<entry>
    <title>Snow baller</title>
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    <published>2009-01-28T14:18:23Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-28T16:04:33Z</updated>
    
    
    <author>
        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
        <uri>http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/jshyu/</uri>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">Here in DC, we don't play. Sure, there's snow falling and they're calling for sleet and ice in a couple hours. But bring it on, we have school. When all the other districts around us either closed or...&lt;br/&gt;
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<entry>
    <title>One Today, Starting Now</title>
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    <published>2009-01-19T10:09:08Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-20T10:32:49Z</updated>
    
    
    <author>
        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">Like so many of us from Teach For America and all over education, my manager didn't start of dreaming of teaching children, arranging centers or discussing student assessments. He wanted to be a...&lt;br/&gt;
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<entry>
    <title>Mentoring: It takes a village</title>
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    <published>2009-01-01T06:35:02Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-04T16:31:33Z</updated>
    
    
    <author>
        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
        <uri>http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/jshyu/</uri>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">Happy New Year! First off, there's a great discussion going on about Michelle Rhee's philosophy and tactics for ed reform. I'm currently on vacation in Taiwan for lots of family time and limited Web...&lt;br/&gt;
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<entry>
    <title>Arne vs. Michelle</title>
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    <published>2008-12-22T07:06:35Z</published>
    <updated>2008-12-22T07:37:49Z</updated>
    
    
    <author>
        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
        <uri>http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/jshyu/</uri>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">I'm just going to put it out there if it wasn't apparent already-- I'm a Rhee fan. I believe in focusing our time, resources and brains on teacher competency as our primary way of closing the dire...&lt;br/&gt;
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<entry>
    <title>Early Childhood: Closing the Gap Before it Opens</title>
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    <published>2008-12-18T04:35:47Z</published>
    <updated>2008-12-18T06:10:21Z</updated>
    
    
    <author>
        <name>Jessica Shyu</name>
        <uri>http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/jshyu/</uri>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/new_terrain/">We are closing the achievement gap before it ever begins. You heard me. The gap won't have a chance. It was late summer and I was at a coffee shop desperately pumping up my hesitant first-year...&lt;br/&gt;
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