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During the last two decades, the Georgian school system has undergone profound changes. After the fall of the centralized Soviet system, arrangements have yielded to more open, market-driven, competition. Georgia has borrowed the pervasive notions of globalization from the West, such as school choice, vouchers, school autonomy, and parent involvement in school-based decision making. At first, after the Rose Revolution in 2003, experimental market-driven secondary education became part of the systemic arrangements, also including the implementation of conceptual approaches related to new financial, administrative, and political problems. This chapter examines the voucher system and school choice in Georgia.
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Janashia, S. (2015). The Voucher System in Georgia. In: Zajda, J. (eds) Globalisation, Ideology and Politics of Education Reforms. Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, vol 14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19506-3_8
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