General PBL
Teaching the Curriculum vs. Using PBL is a False Dichotomy
The PBL Champion District award acceptance speech by Dr. Eric Wllliams at PBL World 2018, with a powerful reminder.
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What Students Say About Project Based Learning
In this recap of a student panel at PBL World 2026, graduating seniors from Envision Academy of Arts and Technology (Oakland, CA) reflect on how Project Based Learning shaped them as learners and leaders. Students describe gaining confidence in sharing ideas, developing communication and time-management skills for college, and learning to collaborate with peers outside their friend groups. They offer advice for educators on choice, resources, and scaffolding independent thinking before group work. The recurring themes: PBL builds student voice, strengthens collaboration, and prepares students for what comes next.
Recent Blogs
General PBL
Resource List: Critical Thinking in PBL
This resource list is intended to help teachers enhance their practice for building student competency in the 4 C's in Project Based Learning.
Gold Standard PBL: Design Elements
Resource List: Sustained Inquiry in PBL
This resource list is intended to help teachers enhance their practice of Project Based Learning.
General PBL
Resource List: Differentiation in PBL
This resource list is intended to help teachers enhance their practice of Project Based Learning.
General PBL
Resource List: Creativity in PBL
This resource list is intended to help teachers enhance their practice of Project Based Learning.
Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
Scaffolding the PBL Shift
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.
General PBL
Resource List: Communication in PBL
This resource list is intended to help teachers enhance their practice for building student competency in the 4 C's in Project Based Learning.
Projects in Action
Welcome to (PBL) Teaching, Ms. Longshore!
A 2nd grade teacher tells the story of her first PBL unit, in which students created their own business plans.
PBL and Equity
Standardized Tests: The Elephant Stomping on Equity (and PBL)
An argument for why projects produce better evidence of what students know and can do.