PBL Blog

Middle and high school students find a need in their community, then plan and execute an action project that aligns with the HQPBL Framework.

How a team of high school teachers calendars their time and collaborates to create successful PBL units for their students.

How a school introduces parents to PBL by having them experience a "project slice" activity.

Parallels between PBL and pre-industrial agriculture, and how PBL can help create "reciprocal, relational, regenerative communities."

A thorough look at how reading and writing goals can be integrated with with other standards in projects.

How teachers play the role of coach during a project, with an excerpt from the book Project Based Teaching.

The importance of relationships in PBL teaching, and how teachers can form closer connections to students.

A middle school teacher explains how she uses her curriculum as more than just a checklist, by combining literacy goals with concepts from other subjects in her projects.

How to make learning experiences “real” or “real-world” for students.

Getting Smart's Tom Vander Ark argues for PBL units that tackle real-world problems, instead of typical worksheet-based and test-prep instruction.