Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Are we in the school forum here???
So off-topic...

Has anyone here recently built their [carport] themselves?
We still have that to do...

Only 5 more pages of off-topic then statistically better content should come again :-)

Well, education has a significant impact on whether one can compensate for the upcoming construction cost increases. So fully on topic.

If you can't manage in all subjects, you are at the wrong school.

Not every tutor charges a lot of money. With us, there are teachers, retirees, pensioners, etc. who do it for little money or free of charge. My friend had someone for both children who came 3-4 times a week and already helped with the homework. Before you accuse her of spending a lot of money here, she is a seamstress and he is a bricklayer.

However, the individual case cannot be generalized. In the end, it remains that social background determines educational success, and which other school than the primary school should the children attend? At the secondary school, the game is practically already over. The learning level differences at the end of primary school are somewhere around 1-2 years of schooling, and this effect remains.

The causes are diverse and have largely to do with education policy (and to a not so small extent with the fact that people who themselves went to school, have children, or have been teaching for 38.5 years believe they are experts in the field of educational research ;))

: Please do not take this as an attack or criticism. My sentences are definitely not meant that way!

I think we need to disentangle the individual problems here. One problem is the compulsive "child must go to the Gymnasium," which would be easy to solve if the three-tier school system were used as such. Genuine overburdening in primary school can be managed through special schools, if one is willing to do so. Another problem is language, as language is the fundamental prerequisite for all subjects. This can be compensated for to some extent through appropriate preschool or childcare. However, this also requires that children actually attend these and that there are enough places available. And then there is the issue of parental behavior. Sure, you can offer afternoon care and homework help. But whether a child is pacified in front of the TV or regularly read to makes a huge difference. This also correlates with social background, but the school can only compensate for it to a limited extent.

You already described the problem with reading earlier. For these parents, it is (unfortunately) also too much to bring their child to tutoring. The only real solution is mandatory all-day school with an all-inclusive package.

including wake-up service and bringing children to school/bus on time as well as automatic school selection.

It is utopian and at some point, a lot of money and resources are tied up to include even the last 5%.

Nevertheless, there is still a lot of room between the current state and the all-inclusive package. Relatively small approaches can still have a big impact.