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TEACHING
THAT SEES
EVERY
LEARNER.

Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge

Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge helps educators use culture and artful thinking to create learning that reaches every student.

START WHERE
YOU ARE.

Every part of the work connects. Choose your starting point to find books, practical tools and a path into the work.

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READ

Brilliant Teaching

Start with the book written for classroom teachers: how culture and artful thinking change what students engage with and how deeply.

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PRACTICE

The Brilliant Teaching app

Use the reflection and planning prompts to develop your thinking and notice what shifts in the classroom.

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EXPLORE

Ideas for the classroom

Follow the questions Dr. Yemi is thinking through, from culturally responsive practice to teaching in the age of AI.

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Looking for an idea to bring into your next conversation?

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YOUR NEXT
UNIT STARTS
HERE.

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BRILLIANT TEACHING.
IN YOUR HANDS.

Take the five planning questions into your everyday practice. The Brilliant Teaching app gives educators a place to develop a unit, reflect on rigor and engagement, and keep culture and responsiveness at the heart of the work.

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A framework for pedagogy, a practice for the classroom, and a model for the adults who work together in schools. Read one, or read them as a set.

Culturally Responsive Education in the Classroom — view the book at Routledge

Culturally Responsive Education in the Classroom

Brilliant Teaching — view the book at Wiley

Brilliant Teaching

Culturally Responsive Teaming by Adeyemi Stembridge and Lindsey Stevens — view the book at Taylor & Francis

Culturally Responsive Teaming

An equity framework for pedagogy: the foundation the rest of the work builds on.

Using culture and artful thinking to close equity gaps, written for teachers.

With Lindsey Stevens. Composing cultures of collaboration among the adults in schools.

The Brilliant Teaching Podcast with Dr. Yemi — Episode 2: Teaching has a self-esteem problem

THE BRILLIANT TEACHING PODCAST

Dr. Yemi takes the questions teachers are living with right now and works through them in plain terms.

FEATURED · EPISODE 2

TEACHING HAS A SELF-ESTEEM PROBLEM

Watch Episode 2 on YouTube, or explore the full Brilliant Teaching Podcast playlist.

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