PBL and Equity
Curb Cuts and Texting Might Change the Way You Design Projects
How designing projects for the “extreme user” leads to greater accessibility for all students.
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Gold Standard PBL: Design Elements
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Hosting a PBL Showcase: One School's Story
Calaveras Hills High School's second annual PBL Showcase offers a practical model for schools looking to exhibit Project Based Learning. PBLWorks National Faculty member Honor Moorman shares how CHHS teachers set common expectations, used Project Walls to tell the full story of each project, and designed interactive experiences—from a product prototype expo to a classroom-wide college and career fair—for students, families, and community visitors. The post includes a full audience engagement chart, planning resources, and student reflections on how PBL builds persistence, collaboration, and a love of learning, offering ideas any school can adapt for their own showcase.
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Making PBL Work in an Alternative Education School
A school leader tells how he worked with teachers to create a PBL program that engages and meets the needs of a transient student population.
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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.
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65 Years After Brown v Board: Our Still-Segregated Schools Impede Equity (& PBL)
How school segregation leads to inequitable outcomes for students, including access to PBL instead of “drill and kill” instructional methods.
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What You Can Do to Advance Culturally Responsive PBL Practice
PBLWorks Director of Partnership Development Dinah Becton-Consuegra explains three moves PBL teachers can make to transform their practice to be more culturally responsive.
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The Alliance for Excellent Education’s Equity Campaign: 65 Years Since Brown vs. Board
PBLWorks Chief Executive Officer Bob Lenz announces our support for a campaign to honor and extend the legacy of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown vs. Board of Education.
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Projects for Women's History Month
A PBLWorks National Faculty member and high school teacher tells how she created a women’s studies course, with authentic projects linked to current events and suggested resources.
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The Pedagogy of Poverty and its Antidote: PBL
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.
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A Passion Project on Down’s Syndrome Has Lasting Effects
After one student's project generates interest and empathy among her peers, a 5th grade class takes action to make their school more inclusive for students with disabilities.