Thursday, October 22, 2020

10-22: Students cheat. What to do? PLUS James Randi dies (What to do?)

Students Cheat. How Much Does It Matter? 
As the pandemic continues, the debate grows louder. 
—CHE 

—Voice of OC 
     Orange County prosecutors “inappropriately abandoned” their plans to notify defendants about informant violations after an appeals court found prosecutors had systemically violated defendants’ rights with the illegal informant program, according to a little-noticed passage in a report by DA Todd Spitzer’s office that’s sparking a new round of cover-up accusations. 
     The report, issued in June by DA special prosecutor Pat Dixon, centers on Orange County’s biggest law enforcement scandal in decades – centered on misuse of jailhouse informants and lies in court testimony that hid evidence of the wrongdoing that led to the entire DA’s office being kicked off the biggest mass murder case in the county’s history. 
     The report notes that in June 2016, after the informant violations were exposed in court, then-DA Tony Rackauckas announced his office would review a key internal document in the scandal, known as the “special handling log,” and disclose evidence of wrongdoing by law enforcement that had been wrongfully kept secret from defendants and courts. 
     But the DA’s office wrongfully dropped it, according to the special investigation commissioned by the current DA…. 

As ethnic studies requirements are put in place in California, capping years of struggle, educators discuss why it's important to talk about race in the classroom. 
—Inside Higher Ed 

—OC Reg 

—CHE 

Early voter turnout smashing California election records -- More than 4.5 million Californians have already cast ballots in the 2020 general election — and there’re still 12 days to go. Roughly one-fifth of the 21.5 million ballots mailed to registered voters had been processed as of Tuesday evening, blowing away previous election totals. Dylan Svoboda CalMatters -- 10/22/20 

‘Tweeting at the television doesn’t fix things.’ Obama chastises Trump at rally for Biden -- Former President Obama castigated President Trump as he hit the campaign trail for the first time in person Wednesday in Philadelphia to stump for his former vice president, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Matt Pearce in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/22/20 

California has escaped the national surge in coronavirus cases. But new dangers lie ahead -- They credit Gov. Gavin Newsom’s overhauled system — introduced Aug. 28 and much tougher than the state’s disastrous first reopening — as a big reason for California having so far staved off a new surge in cases. Rong-Gong Lin II in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/21/20

Known professionally as the Amazing Randi, he dedicated his life to exposing seers who did not see, healers who did not heal and many others. 
NYT

James Randi, RIP

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