Quickie: this is a problem lacking a will to solve it.

By this, I mean that the school systems don't feel a need to address the problem because the gifted kids do well on the standardized tests. These tests are basically all that matters right now, so....

I'm dubious that the problem will be solved in the absence of a mass movement (as happened among the parents of disabled kids in the 70s/80s and with the government in the 50s/60s).

Val