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Spotlight on Scholarship Funding

In April, education activists invited 70 students to protest against cuts to the state’s merit-based college scholarship program, TOPS. They wrote letters to legislators demanding funding for at least low-income families. Here are their letters, a lesson plan to help launch similar efforts in other communities, media coverage, and more.

Posted inElementary to High School

OPINION: “TOPS should be for low-income students”

by Miya Thomas April 18, 2017October 21, 2020

House Education Chair Rep. Nancy Landry 109 S. College Road Lafayette, LA 70503. Dear Rep. Nancy Landry, I am a student at Cohen College Prep High School, and I feel as though TOPS should be for low-income students. If their parents make more than $100,000 a year, parents should be able to pay their college […]

Posted inElementary to High School

OPINION: “Education was the only way for me to help my family”

by Dominique Newton April 17, 2017October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

OPINION: “TOPS has impacted my life in a very positive way”

by Imani Hardy April 13, 2017October 21, 2020
Posted inColumnists

Lesson Plan for Letter-Writing Campaign Protesting TOPS Cuts

Avatar photo by Andre Perry April 12, 2017March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

OPINION: “I was awarded $2.00 for TOPS, a dollar a semester”

by Karriem A. Bennett April 12, 2017October 21, 2020
Posted inColumnists

Dear Mr. Governor: How you can help poor kids in Louisiana go to college

Avatar photo by Andre Perry April 4, 2017October 21, 2020
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