Meet Colin Seale
thinkLaw Founder & CEO
Colin Seale was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, where struggles in his upbringing gave birth to his passion for educational equity. Tracked early into gifted and talented programs, Colin was afforded opportunities his neighborhood peers were not. Using lessons from his experience as a math teacher, later as an attorney, and now as a keynote speaker, contributor to Forbes, The 74, Edutopia and Education Post and author of Thinking Like a Lawyer: A Framework for Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students (Prufrock Press, 2020) and Tangible Equity: A Guide for Leveraging Student Identity, Culture, and Power to Unlock Excellence In and Beyond the Classroom (Routledge, 2022), Colin founded thinkLaw, a multi-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, zip code 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 or tweeting from @ColinESeale, Colin proudly serves as the world’s greatest entertainer to his two young children.
Awards
2023 Institute for Educational Innovation | Most Innovative PD Solution
2021 & 2022 Institute for Educational Innovation | Best Critical Thinking Solution
2021 Gifted Advocate of the Year | Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented
2018 Educational Excellence Award | Las Vegas Urban Chamber of Commerce
2017 African-American Trailblazers Education Award | City of Las Vegas
Keynotes & Featured Speaker Addresses
2024 Indiana Association for the Gifted Conference
2024 EdTech Leaders Alliance Conference
2024 Future-Ready Brains Conference
2023 7th Annual Education Conference, California Association of Black School Educators
2023 My Brother's Keeper Symposium, Las Vegas
2022 Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators
2021 Digital Learning Annual Conference
2019 Tennessee Charter School Conference
2019 Statewide Parent Institute, Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented
2019 Teacher Leadership Summit, Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented
2019 Age of Agility Summit, American Succeeds