How-to Tips and Tools
It Takes a System for High Quality PBL
How school district leaders work on coherence, culture, capacity building, and continuous improvement.
PBL Blog
From School Resource Officer to Educator: How One Adult Can Make a Difference
As the back-to-school season approaches, I find myself reflecting on the profound impact we have as educators, especially when we
Recent Blogs
PBL and Equity
7 Moves to Advance Racial Equity Through PBL
How PBL teachers can support educational equity for Black and Latinx students when designing and implementing Gold Standard PBL.
How-to Tips and Tools
How to Create More Meaningful Team Contracts
A teacher and PBLWorks National Faculty member explains how he borrows a tool from restorative practice, the talking circle, to have students talk about collaboration and create their own team contract for projects.
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How to Get Higher Quality Student Work in PBL
PBLWorks Contributor John Larmer offers 5 tips for teachers, including rubrics, formative assessment, time for revision, authenticity, and a culture of quality.
General PBL
Letter to My First-Year Teacher Self – from a Retiring PBL Veteran
The importance of building relationships with students, creating a classroom community, and pursuing PBL.
How-to Tips and Tools
How to Get Higher-Quality Student Work in PBL
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer offers 5 tips for teachers, including rubrics, formative assessment, time for revision, authenticity, and a culture of quality.
Preparing Learners for the Test and Beyond: PBL and High-Stakes Assessments
A common concern we hear from educators as they begin to make the transition to Project Based Learning is: “What about the test?”
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PBL + SEL + Trauma-Informed Teaching for the Times We’re In
5 tips for supporting students holistically in Project Based Learning.
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A Message for PBL School Leaders During the Pandemic & School Closures
Advice from PBLWorks staff who work with our school and district partners about how to keep a PBL initiative going.