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Federal Employees Agree Their Agency Places Importance on Diversity and Inclusion, But Many Say More Focus is Needed on Action, New Eagle Hill Consulting Research Finds

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Thursday, December 9, 2021
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ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ninety-one percent of federal employees say their agency puts at least some importance on diversity and inclusion (D&I).

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  • ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ninety-one percent of federal employees say their agency puts at least some importance on diversity and inclusion (D&I).
  • But, only 46 percent of federal workers indicate they are demonstrating the importance of D&I through their actions, according to new research from Eagle Hill Consulting .
  • The research is based upon the Eagle Hill Consulting Federal Employee Experience Survey conducted by Greenwald Research.
  • "But our research finds a substantial amount of federal workers say agency leaders and employees need to take more action to drive meaningful D&Iprogress."

Creativity Comes Alive with Nationwide Back-To-School Art Contest, hosted by Time4Learning

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Monday, September 20, 2021
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LAUDERDALE,Fla., Sept.20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Time4Learning, a national homeschooling platform and a Cambium Learning Group Company, today announced that it will once again celebrate student artwork during its nationwide 2021 Back-to-School Art Contest.

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  • LAUDERDALE,Fla., Sept.20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Time4Learning, a national homeschooling platform and a Cambium Learning Group Company, today announced that it will once again celebrate student artwork during its nationwide 2021 Back-to-School Art Contest.
  • Time4Learning today announced its nationwide 2021 Back-to-School Art Contest is open for submissions.
  • "Activities that foster creativity and imagination are integral to creating an enriching, child-centered homeschooling experience," says Time4Learning President and Founder John Edelson.
  • The Cambium family of companies includes: Cambium Assessment, Lexia Learning, Learning A-Z, Voyager Sopris Learning, ExploreLearning, Time4Learning, and Kurzweil Education.

Online Education Leader Releases Free Summer Learning Packet in Response to COVID Slide

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Articles, Education, Educational psychology, Alternative education, Philosophy of education, Homeschooling, Lifestyles, Educational technology, Learning, Edelson

To support families looking to narrow this widening learning gap, Time4Learning, a national online homeschool curriculum , has released a free summer learning packet .

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  • To support families looking to narrow this widening learning gap, Time4Learning, a national online homeschool curriculum , has released a free summer learning packet .
  • Embracing online supplemental learning is a practical approach parents can take to secure their children's future academic success, according to John Edelson , founder and president of Time4Learning.
  • "Now is the time to devise a summer learning strategy," he said.
  • The free downloadable packet offers learning suggestions designed to minimize the effect of a coronavirus-induced learning loss coupled with the traditional summer "brain drain."

Former Illinois State Representative Arthur Turner, Jr. Joins Edelson PC in Chicago

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Wednesday, August 5, 2020
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Edelson PC , a leading national plaintiffs law firm, is pleased to announce that Arthur Turner, Jr. has joined the firm as Of Counsel in Chicago.

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  • Edelson PC , a leading national plaintiffs law firm, is pleased to announce that Arthur Turner, Jr. has joined the firm as Of Counsel in Chicago.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200805005369/en/
    From December 2010 through early July of this year, Turner served as the State Representative for Illinois 9th House District on the west side of Chicago.
  • As a legislator, he worked tirelessly on behalf of Illinois citizens to increase economic development, protect their personal privacy and provide access to quality health care.
  • Edelson PC is indisputably a national leader on many of todays most pressing issues, said Turner.

Researchers report widespread disclosure violations in political advertising on Facebook

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Friday, March 6, 2020
Software, Operating systems, World Wide Web, Facebook, Photo sharing, Social information processing, Social media, Tandon, New York University, Edelson, Transparency, Cluster analysis

The NYU Tandon researchers noted failures of Facebook to enforce its own policies and called for outside monitoring of its political ad library, to increase transparency for voters.

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  • The NYU Tandon researchers noted failures of Facebook to enforce its own policies and called for outside monitoring of its political ad library, to increase transparency for voters.
  • The researchers meanwhile credited Facebook for being the only digital advertising platform to provide a level of transparency sufficient for them to detect disinformation campaigns.
  • The researchers pointed out that such questionable commercial practices likely extend far beyond the political advertising that comprised their study.
  • The clustering algorithm to reveal undisclosed coordinated advertising, developed by McCoy and NYU doctoral student Laura Edelson, will be shared with other researchers studying Facebooks political advertising.

Ideanomics appoints Harry Edelson to its Board of Directors

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Thursday, September 26, 2019
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NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Ideanomics Inc. (Nasdaq: IDEX) has today announced Mr. Harry Edelson has been appointed to its Board of Directors effective immediately.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Ideanomics Inc. (Nasdaq: IDEX) has today announced Mr. Harry Edelson has been appointed to its Board of Directors effective immediately.
  • "We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Edelson to our Board of Directors.
  • We look forward to working with Harry, in what we hope will be a rewarding appointment for both Harry and Ideanomics."
  • Ideanomics is a company making a major transition from the old to the new and I look forward to help making it happen," said Mr. Harry Edelson, Director of Ideanomics.

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Edelson PC and Labaton Sucharow LLP Announce Ninth Circuit Affirms Class Certification Win in Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Action

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Friday, August 9, 2019
Professional services, Communications, Social media, Legal, Edelson, Biometric Information Privacy Act, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Biometrics, R (GC) v Comr of Police of the Metropolis, Law, Class action lawsuits

The case, centered on the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), alleges that Facebook unlawfully extracted biometric information from millions of users photographs without their consent.

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  • The case, centered on the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), alleges that Facebook unlawfully extracted biometric information from millions of users photographs without their consent.
  • As the case was previously only weeks away from trial when the Ninth Circuit accepted Facebooks appeal, the litigation is expected to soon return to Judge Donatos trial calendar.
  • In addition to affirming class certification, the Ninth Circuit also determined that Facebooks collection of biometric data in alleged violation of BIPA was a sufficient injury-in-fact.
  • The plaintiffs are represented by a trio of law firms that are known leaders in class and mass action litigation, Edelson PC, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, and Labaton Sucharow LLP.