Each year, Educators for Quality Alternatives strives to better and better meet its students' needs and to accomplish greater and greater goals. 

Skills

The average EQA student enters the our schools working far below grade level. For example most of our high school age students enter working at a middle school literacy level:

Despite these significant challenges, each year EQA students have improved their test scores and graduation rates, and in most cases outscored their peers in comparable schools. EQA's schools are among the  highest performing alternative school in Louisiana.

 

Confidence

EQA believes that learning and growing is about a lot more than academic skills and test scores. For EQA students to meet their potential, they must have the behavioral and social skills to face and persist through the challenges of being a young person in New Orleans.  

EQA students enter school with considerable challenges:

Thus EQA focuses on building strong relationships, providing students with individualized supports, and using restorative approaches. Through these research-based practices students gain the confidence to be their best selves.

This year:
- 70% of our students made progress on their Counseling Goals
- Students resolved 91% of their conflicts through Restorative Approaches
- 85% of students reported that they have improved in their academic and behavior skills while at EQA

Experiences

In order for EQA students to practice their skills and confidence in the real world, EQA organizes excursions in and out of the city, individual student trips in and out of state, and most importantly, professional internships. Click here to learn more about EQA's Internship program.

Since opening, students have completed 2,679 internships!

Graduation & Life after EQA

Over 1000 students have graduated from EQA with Louisiana State Diplomas. Most importantly, they are employed, continuing their education, and contributing to our community. 

Click here to learn where EQA graduates are today.

EQA Annual Reports