Building land in the middle of nowhere with the house prices?!

We live in a city of 600,000+ inhabitants, in the classes once 18 and once 21 children – all children in elementary school also wear slippers, I don't know it any other way. And children can read from the 1st grade in the 2nd half of the year, indeed all children in my circle of acquaintances from Sweden to Baden-Württemberg.... What kind of problem schools do you have in mind? Relatives lived in Berlin-Neukölln, IT really wasn't that great there, especially with children, but they left again. But that certainly only concerns a few real problem neighborhoods in some cities. And what do you want to shop for in Munich? I was recently in downtown Erfurt and I found it very appealing. Well, I was only there for about 2 hours or so, but was pleasantly surprised.

What you consider a few real hotspots…

At our school, some cannot read properly, and some even more cannot write in complete sentences yet. Every year, x% leave the educational institution after 10 mandatory years as functional illiterates. Class size of 30 is standard.

This is the case at every comprehensive school with a similar location here - nationwide.

How do you know what it is like in all the schools of the 600k+ city where you live? I bet whatever you want that these conditions also exist there if you look into the right corners.

P.S.: How can all children learn to read early if not all parents can?

These are simply facts from all the families I know. From north to south. I'm not making this up. I'm not talking about 3 elementary schools around the corner. And they all attend public schools.

I believe you. But even if you know 100 schools, that is purely anecdotal. Of course, in every major city in Germany there are schools that gather students from educationally disadvantaged families, because every big city has neighborhoods that gather such families. Including the one you live in. With the outcome I described above. I also know the schools that are completely different. But that doesn't make the others go away.

Surely that is the case. But here it was acted as if every urban primary school were a monstrosity :D. And that simply isn't true. These are exceptions and not the rule.