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■■■ A New Jersey school district is removing the names of all holidays from the school calendar so as not to offend anyone. The decision came after a raucous public meeting about the board’s decision to replace “Columbus Day” with “Indigenous People’s Day.” Every holiday will now be listed as a “day off” so “we don’t have to have anyone with hurt feelings,” explained board member Dorene Roche.

■■■ A Nevada conservati­ve group wants teachers to wear body cameras to ensure they don’t teach “critical race theory.” Karen England, founder of the Nevada Family Alliance, says she’s received reports of teachers “contradict­ing the lessons taught by parents at home,” particular­ly on race, and that bodycams would create “a record that could be viewed by appropriat­e parties.”

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