“At a certain point, the outcome is the opportunity. We have to focus on the bottom line: what is it going to take to get kids ready?” — Colin Seale

Today it’s great to have Colin Seale on the podcast. Colin was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York to a single mother and an incarcerated father. He has always had a passion for educational equity. Tracked early into gifted and talented programs, Colin was afforded opportunities his neighborhood peers were not. He founded thinkLaw (www.thinkLaw.us), an award-winning organization to help educators leverage inquiry-based instructional strategies to close the critical thinking gap and ensure they teach and REACH all students, regardless of race, zipcode or what side of the poverty line they are born into. When he’s not serving as the world’s most fervent critical thinking advocate, Colin proudly serves as the world’s greatest entertainer to his two little kiddos and a loving husband to his wife Carrie.

In this episode we discuss:

Colin’s pragmatic approach to solving educational inequalities
The main goals of ThinkLaw
The benefit of people of different races talking about their common humanity
How we can have high expectations for every child
The twice exceptional movement
How we continuously lead genius on the table
The excellence gap in gifted education
Equality of opportunity vs. equality of outcome
The right kind of love
How the victory is in the struggle
Giving children a reason to have grit
Why we need to recognize disruptors as innovators
Creating the space for divergent thinkers

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