Having the same teacher year after year could possibly be the worst thing for teaching children the most important thing - getting ready to face the real world.
How many people have had the same boss for their entire life ? The biggest thing students can take (I agree with whover it was that said an education is taken) from their school years is some preperation for real life, which involve interaction with many different people in many different ways.
As far as Standards go, again welcome to real life, the standard for graduation (or promotion to the next level ) should be absolute and non moving, minimum standards should be upheld without exception. It is the way the real world works, if you do not meet the minimum standards your job requires, you are fired (there are a lot of people in the world that could have used this lesson earlier in life)
No Child left behind is a great concept, but the fact is there will always be people that simply do not measure up to the standards that are required. Our current method of lowering the standard is wrong.
Seperate schools based on learning ability ? might be the answer.
People are always screaming about getting equal education, 2 kids in the same classroom, one getting straight A's the other failing, are getting the same education, just points out that natural selection is indeed true.
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