
“Not the school for my child”: problem in the German school system spreads
Home Panorama Stand: 22.08.2026, 08:14 PM Comments We follow on Google Many parents are thinking intensively about the school of their children.
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It also depends on how rural it is: In a city with 50,000 inhabitants, there are simply more schools to choose from than in a village with less than 10,000. Distance of school remains central criterion “The phenomenon that parents strategically choose primary school for their child has been observed in educational research for 15 to 20 years.” The principle of “short legs, short distances” would no longer apply, i.e. that the child is taught as close to home as possible.
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It also depends on how rural it is: In a city with 50,000 inhabitants, there are simply more schools to choose from than in a village with less than 10,000.
according to Frankfurter Rundschau +1Distance of school remains central criterion “The phenomenon that parents strategically choose primary school for their child has been observed in educational research for 15 to 20 years.” The principle of “short legs, short distances” would no longer apply, i.e. that the child is taught as close to home as possible.
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