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Shop nowAbleism in Education
Rethinking School Practices and Policies
Narrator
Chloe Dolandis
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Length
5 hours 45 minutes
Language
English
How we organize children by ability in schools is often rooted in ableism.
Ability is so central to schooling—where we explicitly and continuously shape, assess, measure, and report on students' abilities—that ability-based decisions often appear logical and natural. However, how schools respond to ability results in very real, lifelong social and economic consequences. Special education and academic streaming (or tracking) are two of the most prominent ability-based strategies public schools use to organize student learning. Both have had a long and complicated relationship with gender, race, and class.
In this down-to-earth guide, Dr. Gillian Parekh unpacks the realities of how ability and disability play out within schooling, including insights from students, teachers, and administrators about the barriers faced by students on the basis of ability. From the challenges with ability testing to gifted programs to the disability rights movement, Parekh shows how ableism is inextricably linked to other forms of bias. Her book is a powerful tool for educators committed to justice-seeking practices in schools.
Gillian Parekh is an educator, assistant professor, and Canada Research Chair in inclusion, disability, and education within the Faculty of Education, York University. As a previous teacher in special education and research coordinator with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), Gillian has conducted extensive system and school-based research in Toronto in the areas of structural equity, special education, and academic streaming. In particular, her work explores how schools construct and respond to disability as well as how students are organized across programs and systems. She resides in Ontario with her family.
For much of her life, Chloe Dolandis has been a dynamic voice actor and singer/songwriter, with a career encompassing national radio/TV voice-over, on-camera appearances, live performances, and critically acclaimed audiobook recordings. She was the top pick of the That's Voiceover! Audition Spotlight competition in 2020, has garnered several Voice Arts Award and One Voice Award nominations, and was an Audie finalist for her work on the audiobook Women Who Wrote in 2021. She is a proud APA and PANA member/volunteer and coaches voice-over virtually via Atlanta Voiceover Studio. Genres Chloe loves narrating include self-discovery, education, YA/children's, and humorous fiction.