PBL Blog

Design a PBL-friendly classroom that fosters student voice, choice, collaboration, and deeper learning by treating the environment as a third teacher.

“The work of changing the world is truly in our hands.” That is how Dr. Lisa Delpit concluded her PBL World 2022 keynote address

In a computational thinking and coding project, teachers taught collaboration and communication skills by having students define good teamwork, set roles, make agreements about how to work together, engage in team-building strategies, and use a collaboration rubric.

PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer recaps a classic article from 1991 about urban education, race, and control-based schooling—and finds parallels between the author’s call for “good teaching” and Project Based Learning.

PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer shares tips and resources for starting the school year with students who are new to PBL.

Post e-Learning, educators are reporting a greater need to design learning experiences that facilitate equity and identity

Explore how equitable, student-centered math instruction supports multilingual learners and promotes culturally responsive teaching in K–12 education.

Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week by honoring educators who lead Gold Standard PBL and deeper learning through real-world, student-centered projects.

A list of tech tools teachers and students can use to support each of the 6 criteria in the Framework for High Quality PBL.