Colin Seale || Tangible Equity in Education

Today we welcome Colin Seale, the founder and CEO of thinkLaw. Colin was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where his struggles gave birth to his passion for educational equity. Using lessons from his experience as a math teacher, attorney, and keynote speaker, he helps educators teach critical thinking to all students, regardless of race or achievement through his award-winning organization thinkLaw. Colin is also the author of Thinking Like a Lawyer. His latest book is called Tangible Equity.  In this episode, I talk to Colin Seale about tangible equity in education. For Colin, real equity work should help reduce the predictive power of demographics on outcomes. In order to do that, we need to teach kids how to think for themselves, so they learn to question instead of comply with unfair systems. Colin shares concrete actions that educators can take to contribute towards tangible equity. We also touch on the topics of privilege, race, bias, and gifted education.  Website: thinklaw.us Twitter: @ColinESeale   Topics 02:55 What is tangible equity? 05:28 Reforming the pathways to success 09:33 Why equity has become a challenge  16:42 The pressure of success and compliance 18:56 Critical race theory in schools 25:01 Understanding race and privilege  30:53 Colin as a keynote speaker  35:15 Leveraging privilege for equity 36:39 We all have power  41:50 Disrupting gifted education 49:24 Shatter the ceiling of education See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.