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Educating Minority Parents; Opening Windows to Educational Rights- (EMPOWER) a community-based minority governed non-profit organization, occupies an important role in the evolution of standards-based school reform and its potential for improving the quality of education for poor and minority children in Mississippi.
The U. S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services makes model forms and other information on the new IDEA Regulations available...
EMPOWER to provide training on new IDEA Regulations
In the near future EMPOWER will offer training on the new IDEA Regualtions. This training will be more in depth than the training provided in October.
Parent of the Year Recognition
The 2007 Parent of the Year application form has been mailed to each school district superintendent. Completed forms are due in the Office of Accreditation no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 5, 2007.
Each year Education Weekly carries out a national survey of how well students are doing in school. This year the survey looked at achievement in school and how likely students were to succeed after graduation. more
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services will be hosing a series of community-based meetings on the IDEA 2004 Regulations...more
Each month EMPOWER will respond to a frequently asked question from parents about issues in special education. EMPOWER will call on the leading experts in the country to respond to these questions. So, here’s the first question…more