March 2025
KBE names Marty Pollio and Michael Griffin as winners of the 2025 Robinson Award
Each year, the KBE gives the Robinson Award to a Kentuckian or a Kentucky organization demonstrating extraordinary efforts and contributions in educational diversity and equity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
April 2017
Two organizations receive Robinson Award
At its April 12 meeting in Frankfort, the Kentucky Board of Education presented the Dr. Samuel Robinson Award to co-winners – Kentucky Educational Television and the YMCA of Central Kentucky.
February 2016
Two groups receive Robinson Award
At its Feb. 3 meeting, the Kentucky Board of Education presented the annual Dr. Samuel Robinson Award to co-winners – Playhouse in the Park/Murray Calloway County Community Theater and the Partnership Institute for Math and Science Education Reform at the University of Kentucky.
