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Despite controversies, a massive branding change, and years of negative press, Facebook remains one of the strongest and most stalwart social platforms on the Internet and an invaluable source of potential leads and customers for businesses throughout the world. However, making the most out of Facebook means understanding the way it promotes content to its users. And as with most platforms on the Internet, it all comes down to an algorithm.

What Is the Facebook Algorithm?

The Facebook algorithm is a set of factors and characteristics by which Facebook sorts posts to recommend to other users, both from said users and non-individual sources, such as Facebook pages and groups. Things used to be very simple when Facebook was first launched. You would see posts from people you were friends with, and they were typically sorted by likes or chronologically.

As time went on, the algorithm for Facebook’s

We don’t typically talk about vaping in teacher prep programs. And yet, as we all know, vaping now impacts the classroom experience in most middle and high schools. The practice is so prevalent among tweens and teens that the United States Surgeon General declared e-cigarettes among youth an epidemic in 2018.

Teachers nationwide worry about student use of e-cigarettes but are unsure about how to address the issue. We asked Amy Taylor, Chief of Community Engagement for Truth Initiative, a nonprofit committed to ending tobacco use and nicotine addiction, to weigh in on educators’ most pressing questions about vaping.

“So many of my students have told me that it isn’t as bad as cigarettes, and they don’t want to quit. How can we help these kids understand the actual impact of vaping?”

Many students don’t realize that vapes—specifically, the liquid inside e-cigarette cartridges—usually contain nicotine. Some have very high

Larry Gordon\EdSource

Cal State Northridge

Larry Gordon\EdSource

Cal State Northridge

Calling the investments a “game-changer” for California’s public universities, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday reaffirmed his pledge to give annual budget increases of 5% to the University of California and California State University systems over the next five years. In exchange, the systems will be expected to make progress and report annually on goals including improved graduation rates, growing enrollment, making college more affordable and preparing more students for high-demand careers.

Newsom originally proposed those funding agreements in his January budget proposal, dubbing them “multi-year compacts,” and revealed additional details Friday as part of his May budget revision. He also finalized what he is calling a “multi-year roadmap” with the state’s system of 116 community colleges. The community college system is expected to make progress toward similar goals as UC and CSU, though Newsom didn’t tie specific funding increases to

Welcome to the fourth and final post (probably) in my series on diagnosing autism at one-year-old! When it was first suggested that Lina should be evaluated for autism at just over a year old, I was surprised and confused. Now, a few years later, well…I’m still constantly confused…but not about whether to evaluate for autism. The evaluation was a good choice. I’m confused by things like, “Why does Jack ask for a banana and then scream, ‘NO BANANA!’ when I give him one?” And, “Why does Lina prefer watching Peppa Pig in Hindi?” (Note: we do not speak Hindi.) But the benefits of an early autism diagnosis became more and more obvious over time.

In any event, I’m hoping sharing our experience can help other parents and caregivers who might be feeling a little lost. Keep these benefits of an early autism diagnosis in your back pocket for any haters