For using innovation and excellence ,a High School biology teacher has received the 2023 Robert E. Yager Exemplary Teaching Award by the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA).Evie LaFollette of Dobyns-Bennett High School is recognized as one of 6 full-time K-12 teachers of science.LaFollette also teaches Synthetic Biology at ETSU to Governor’s School students which provides college credit to gifted and talented high school students throughout Tennessee.