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Newsletter · By David Finkle · US · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    NEW Real Mr. Fitz Blog post: If I Am Wrong (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone

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    I have been teaching for nearly 35 years now. I always like to consider that I might be wrong about things. But as I consider whether I might be wrong about teaching and literacy and education, here is what occurs to me:If I am wrong, then treating students like data points is more important treating them like real, living, breathing, mysterious, complex, multifaceted human beings. If I am wrong, we must reduce them to a numbers can be ignored if they don't show signs of gains. If I am wrong, th

  2. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Mr. Fitz Flashback for 10-1: How Students Think Teachers Grade Them (#8)... (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1020" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!R8Hp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F750e6133-7497-4de4-816c-2f828caa3b29_318x1020.png

  3. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Mr. Fitz Flashback for 9-29: How Students THINK teachers grade them (#6)... (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="322" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mr4P!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6455c4d0-b693-4264-8cfd-2e3e3892743b_1000x322.png"

  4. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    Mr. Fitz Flashback for 9-29: How Students THINK teachers grade them (#6)... (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="327" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!17AW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3509379-48a5-4093-b12a-72b0aeb05c17_1000x327.png"

  5. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    NEW Mr. Fitz for 9-27: Data Chat with Dirth... (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="989" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z-Yt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2bfd34e8-5488-4377-a7dc-617d333a5d0a_1000x989.png"

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