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Connecting the New High Quality PBL Framework & Gold Standard PBL
A comparison of the distinctions and alignment between two ways of describing PBL.
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Reflections on School Shootings and PBL, and the Size of High Schools
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer comments on designing projects about gun issues, and the problem with large high schools.
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Looking for a PBL School? Here’s Some Guidance
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer offers advice for educators on schools to visit, and for parents wondering where to send their kids to.
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Design Thinking and a Bias Towards Action with PBL
A continuation high school principal tells how students used design thinking to reimagine the high school classroom.
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Learners Ask 4 Deep Questions, PBL Provides Opportunities to Answer Them
How PBL can help answer questions of identity, capacity, agency, and well-being.
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10 PBL Resolutions for 2018
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer offers a list of suggestions for teachers and school leaders to improve the practice and expand the use of PBL.
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3 Ways to Ensure Project Based Learning Accelerates School Transformation
Author Grant Lichtman on how to avoid 3 pitfalls that could make PBL "just another piece of curriculum."
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High-Quality PBL is…
A collection of answers to the question, "What word would you use to describe high quality PBL?" from participants at PBL World.
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Traditional School Imperils Kids; They Need to Be Innovators
Ted Dintersmith, producer of the film "Most Likely to Succeed," calls for radical change in our education system.
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How My Project-Based School Prepared Me for Columbia
A reflection by a recent college graduate on how her PBL-using high school gave her an advantage over peers who had only experienced traditional instruction.