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The draft standards include teaching students respect for people of all genders, gender expressions and gender identities.

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Dr. Derrick Nero of the University of Nebraska at Omaha (bottom right, kneeling) helps members of the school's Invention and Innovation in Engineering Education class inflate a weather balloon with helium Saturday at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum near Ashland.

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