In addition to her legislative advocacy, Blom established the Prichard Committee Education Fellows for Kentucky teachers who formally engage with the Prichard Committee to launch strategic initiatives designed for local improvement with education at the core and to turn teacher-identified education priorities into reality in classrooms across the state. The Fellows release an annual letter from Kentucky teachers every fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\u201cBrigitte believes the power of legislation should seek to improve education outcomes for Kentuckians of all backgrounds,\u201d Radford stated in the nomination. \u201cKentucky needs to support our educators with respect and resources that support their capacities to deliver a learning environment rich in inquiry, deep in understanding, and in honor to each and every learner in Kentucky\u2019s classrooms. She urges Kentuckians to engage fully with their schools, learning directly from students, teachers and staff about the work happening there. There is no stronger voice in Kentucky calling for a groundswell of support for the excellent work being done in Kentucky schools.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2019, Blom was recognized as one of 50 Notable Women in Kentucky Politics and Government by the Kentucky Gazette; and in 2018, under Blom\u2019s leadership, the Prichard Committee received the 24th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. award from the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.<\/p>\n
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The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence\u202f<\/span><\/i><\/b>is an independent, nonpartisan, citizen-led organization working to improve education in Kentucky \u2013 early childhood through postsecondary<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image alignment=”center” image=”16021″ animation=”fadeInUp”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text animation=”fadeInLeft”]June 9, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Carla Blanton (cell) 859-608-4850 carlablantonconsulting@gmail.com[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][wyde_heading subheading_tag=”h3″ style=”2″ title=”Prichard Committee President Receives Karem Award for Excellence in Education Policy” animation=”slideInLeft”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text animation=”fadeInRight”]LEXINGTON \u2013 Brigitte Blom, president and CEO of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, received the 2022 David Karem Award for Excellence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"passster_activate_protection":false,"passster_protect_child_pages":"","passster_protection_type":"password","passster_password":"","passster_activate_overwrite_defaults":"","passster_headline":"","passster_instruction":"","passster_placeholder":"","passster_button":"","passster_id":"","passster_activate_misc_settings":"","passster_redirect_url":"","passster_hide":"no","passster_area_shortcode":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-press-release"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6167,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747\/revisions\/6167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}