Νέες μορφές ιδιωτικοποίησης στην ελληνική δημόσια εκπαίδευση: μια μελέτη περίπτωσης [New forms of privatisations in Greek public education: a case study]

This paper draws on the findings of an international research project in three national settings, Australia, Greece and Hong Kong. The study aimed to explore the structural conditions and political ideas that enable the emergence of new forms of privatisations in education in diverse educational contexts through the involvement of private actors and the introduction of practices derived from the private sector. A basic assumption of the study was that new forms of privatisation are path dependent, context-based and influenced by global forces, pressures and ideas. The Greek case study focused on the Open Schools program. Data was collected through analysis of documents related to systemic and school policies, and semi-structured interviews with a sample of school leaders, teachers, representatives of local government and private entities. Findings indicate that specific structural and systemic factors (financial crisis, immigrant/refugee influx, school autonomy policies) facilitated the emergence of local forms of privatisation, while teachers respond to the new conditions of governance in different ways: by adopting a waiting stance, resisting, accommodating or negotiating