April 2024
KBE names Bowling Green Independent educator Emily Lehman winner of the 2024 Robinson Award
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) presented the 2024 Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education to Emily Lehman, a 5th-grade educator for W.R. McNeill Elementary (Bowling Green Independent), at its April 10 meeting.
April 2023
KBE presents 2023 Robinson Award to JCPS educator Melanie House
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) presented the 2023 Robinson Award for diversity and equity in public education to Melanie House, the gifted and talented itinerant educator for Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS), at its April 12 meeting.
December 2022
Nominations open for 2023 Samuel Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) is accepting nominations for the 2023 Samuel Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education. Nominations will be accepted through Jan. 23.
April 2022
Jason Reeves named winner of KBE’s 2022 Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education
Jason Reeves, professor of education at Georgetown College, was presented with the Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education at the Kentucky Board of Education’s (KBE’s) regular meeting on April 20.
Sharon Porter Robinson awarded the 2022 Smith-Wilson Award for Civil and Human Rights in Education
Sharon Porter Robinson has spent almost five decades working in and for education and a lifetime doing civil rights work. On April 7, she was recognized for her efforts with the 2022 Lucy Harth Smith-Atwood S. Wilson Award for Civil and Human Rights in Education at the 50th Kentucky Education Association (KEA) Delegate Assembly.
December 2021
KBE accepting nominations for 2022 Samuel Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) is accepting nominations for the 2022 Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education.
April 2021
KBE presents 2021 Robinson Award to two Jefferson County educators
Teacher Kyri Demby and Jefferson County Public Schools board chair Diane Porter are the recipients of this year’s Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education.
December 2020
KBE accepting nominations for Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education
The Kentucky Board of Education is accepting nominations for the 2021 Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education.
June 2019
Retired physician receives Dr. Samuel Robinson Award
At its meeting June 5 in Frankfort, the Kentucky Board of Education presented the Dr. Samuel Robinson Award to Dr. Chandra Varia, a retired physician from Floyd County.
April 2018
Lexington organization receives Dr. Samuel Robinson Award
At its meeting April 11 in Frankfort, the Kentucky Board of Education presented the Dr. Samuel Robinson Award to the Black Males Working (BMW) Academy program.