Tangible Equity: A Guide for Leveraging Student Identity, Culture, and Power to Unlock Excellence In and Beyond the Classroom

by Colin Seale

Move beyond the "why" of equity and learn what it actually looks like in the classroom. This powerful book by bestselling author Colin Seale shows how you can overcome barriers and create sustainable pathways to realizing equity for your students.

Part I of the book explains why all education stakeholders should not just prioritize equity, but go beyond the buzzwords. Part II looks at why good intentions aren’t enough, and provides six ways you can leverage your power to really start doing something about equity. Part III discusses the five classroom-level philosophical shifts needed to make real change, including how to think differently about gifted education and achievement gaps. Finally, Part IV offers a variety of practical strategies for making equity real in your classrooms, no matter what grade level or subject area you teach. Throughout each chapter, you’ll find stories, examples, and research to bring the ideas to life.

With the concrete suggestions in this book, you’ll be able to overcome deficit models, focus on opportunities for academic success and educational justice, and make equity tangible for each of your students.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction

165 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 26, 2022

Reviews

[Brandy]

I believe in the work that this book promotes. My classroom looked like the classrooms described. But this work is hard and uncomfortable for many educators. It's scary because there has to be a shift in power.

I fear that educators who engage in reading this book will scoff and say there is nothing useful, it's too abstract, or the educational system of their state demands too much or limits too much of their influence. But, I also know that these strategies work. I have seen the evidence and experienced the joy first hand. I have also seen the psychological toll of teaching in these oppressive climates. Not to sound cliche, but to paraphrase Ghandi, we have to be the change we want to see in the world.

[Daniel Jackson]

Mr. Seale has some fantastic ideas, but the book would have benefited from some more careful editing.

[Sarah]

If you have not had the privilege of listening to Mr. Seale speak and teach, you should fix this as soon as possible.

[Beverly Preuss]

I had the privilege of meeting Colin Seale at the 2026 National Association of Gifted Children conference in Pittsburgh, PA. I happened to meet him in a gathering space while talking with some other people, then attended his session on equity in gifted education and subsequently bought the book! I appreciate all of the concepts shared in this book and look forward to working with them at my school. The one that spoke loudly to me is talked about bear the end- focusing on the civil discourse trifecta.
One other reviewer of this book pointed out that the book could use some more careful editing and I agree with that statement. Perhaps before another printing that can happen.
Mr. Seale, thank you for your passion and commitment to this work and for sharing it with so many!

[Ken]

Colin Seale is awesome. Super excited for our institute day with him at Centerville.

Book promises on the title. Gives teachers practical frameworks to bring equitable practices into their classrooms.

[Tracy Stephens]

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[Megan Pritzlaff]

Had to read as a district wide book study.

I felt like it had some valuable information, but honestly most of it was his opinion, and his experience.