PBL Blog

Even when we think that we’re “experts” at the craft of teaching PBL in a student centered fashion, we still need to be cognizant of our students’ experience level of owning their own learning.

This resource list is intended to help teachers enhance their practice for building student competency in the 4 C's in Project Based Learning.

A 2nd grade teacher tells the story of her first PBL unit, in which students created their own business plans.

An argument for why projects produce better evidence of what students know and can do.

A director at the Stanford d.school shares her learning journey at PBL World 2018 and encourages PBL teachers to honor their own and their students' struggle.

Kaleb Rashad of Big Picture Learning keynotes PBL World 2018 with a call for equity and contrasts "compliance vs. innovation"-oriented educational systems.

PBL World 2018's keynoters offers six principles from the science of learning that help explain why PBL is so important for deeper learning.

A 2nd grade teacher encourages a parent to hold off on the field guides for a family vacation.

A powerful argument that all students are "ready" for PBL, with 8 strategies for scaffolding projects for English Learners.

An interdisciplinary unit involving the general classroom, design thinking, P.E., music, art, and addressing problems in their community.