Clearing my head

I have had these thoughts running through my head the last little while so I figured I would type them out on my blog.  I normally try not to get too political on here but I feel this is important.   You have been warned!!:)
I have been thinking a lot about my two kids and their education.  Logan is starting Kindergarten this fall and I can't believe it.  He has been so different in his learning than Alex, part of which was due to his hearing issues he had for the first 2 years of his life.  He is just barely starting to recognize his letters and sounds.  At this point in life Alex had been reading for a year.  I don't see this as a big deal nor do I view this as a lack of parenting on my part.    I just had different priorities with Logan than I did with Alex.
As I have thought about this I thought about how different their education may be due to these differences.  Alex has always been a quick learner and has struggled at school due to all the "required" work he had to do.  He was far ahead of these assignments but had to due them because it was required by the standards set by No Child Left Behind and others.  In the past there were options for these kids.  Now all of the money that was used to advance these kids further is put towards bringing kids up to the standards set.  I feel like we are stifling the creative minds of our kids with these standards.  What is their motivation to be creative and to think out of the box?
Are we creating a generation of kids who will all be the same due to the standards in place?   I have had people tell me that this is where my job as a parent comes in to play.  I get that and Andy and I do this.  We teach our kids about the things of the world like politics, science and history.  The problem is then when they get to this point in school they are once again set aside as other kids learn what they already know.  What is a parent to do?
 I am grateful Alex was able to get into a different school that allows him to excel further and doesn't stunt his education.  I know there are a lot out there who don't have this option.  What are those parents suppose to do?
Logan will be attending the same school in the fall.  It will be exciting to watch as he embarks on his school journey.  I am sure he will explode in school and just start learning everything like crazy.  I hope he will learn to love school and the opportunities that he gets from it.
As we embark on  child journey #3 I struggle to know how to best help this little one with life.  I am still going to teach him/her the colors, numbers and letters.  But once again I feel like I am setting my child up for a school time filled with boredom and wondering what is the point? 
I hope all of this rambling made sense for anyone willing to read all the way through it.  And if you made it all the way to the end you deserve a medal.  Thanks for listening to my ramblings!!