There's actually a real issue being addressed: "Gifted" programs have a very heavy bias in favor of wealthy+privileged kids, which because of continuing inequality is essentially the same as saying "give additional support and resources to already privileged group".
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This isn't a matter of "gifted student programs are bad" it's a "as implemented, gifted kid programs reinforced existing bias". The reality is that if anyone needs more teaching resources it is the "less gifted".
The current system is failing so many students because it's been corrupted by commercial test prep classes. That's a fixable problem by expanding access. Eliminating gifted programs limits opportunities for everyone.
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But the other side of that is: funding for gifted student programs necessarily come out of funding for the students who aren't in those programs. Unfortunately educational funding *is* a 0-sum system, so funding that primarily benefits a specific group it's reducing opportunities
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..specifically gifted programs disproportionately select children of affluent and white families. This well established, at least in the US. The result is reduced funding for already disadvantaged groups. https://www.dispatch.com/news/20180329/income-race-big-factors-in-rates-of-gifted-students-here-across-us … https://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D14060:minority-students-underrepresented-in-gifted-programs-%26catid%3D1548%26Itemid%3D428 …https://thinkprogress.org/how-gifted-and-talented-programs-reinforce-class-and-race-inequities-40d72e16355d/ …
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