It is our honor to recognize four outstanding Kentucky teachers with the 2024 Earle C. Clements Innovation in Education Award: 

• Kendrick Bryan, LaRue County High School, Hodgenville
• Sarah Chumley, Booker T. Washington Elementary School, Lexington
• Whitney Criswell, Royal Spring Middle School, Georgetown
• Kelly Pratt-Booth, Highlands High School, Fort Thomas

Please join us as we celebrate these exemplary educators during an award ceremony in the Great Hall of our Special Collections Research Center, located in the Margaret I. King Library, on Friday, August 9 at 4:00 pm. 

A reception will immediately follow the event. The event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are appreciated.

Administered by the National Archives and the UK Libraries Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center, the Earle C. Clements Innovation in Education Award honors the late Earle C. Clements’ lifelong commitment to education and public service by recognizing promising and innovative Kentucky educators.