How-to Tips and Tools
Gold Standard PBL: Student Voice & Choice
6 best practices and tips for designing and facilitating projects to allow for student choice, and how "voice" is different.
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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.
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General PBL
Answers to FAQs About PBL from High-Achieving Students (and Their Parents)
An explanation of how PBL differs from what high-achievers are used to, but benefits their learning. This also addresses concerns about group work and preparation for college.
How-to Tips and Tools
How Interdisciplinary PBL Can Solve This Year’s Scheduling Dilemmas
A 9th grade teaching team’s plan for a daily routine, with 6 key considerations.
General PBL
10 Reasons We Appreciate PBL Teachers
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, and we should give a special shout-out to teachers who use Project Based Learning. Whether they are new to the game or PBL veterans, they share certain admirable traits along with their use of the Project Based Teaching Practices in our model for Gold Standard PBL.
PBL and Equity
Inclusive Special Education via PBL
An inclusion specialist makes the case for why PBL is good for students with disabilities, and gives 3 tips for getting started.
Choosing Progressive Education for Modern Learning
A new book on how education urgently needs to make the shift to John Dewey’s ideas about how people actually learn.
General PBL
PBL World Update: Pedro Noguera to Keynote, New Workshops Added
Announcing a keynote speaker who’s an advocate for educational equity and authentic student engagement—plus a preview of new workshops at PBL World 2019.
How-to Tips and Tools
Engage and Coach Through the Messy Middle
An excerpt from the book Project Based Teaching gives practical advice for coaching students during a PBL unit.
PBL World Participant Spotlight Series
What Makes Our School Unique? A Question That Led Me to PBL World
We recently had the opportunity to speak with Ashanti Jones, principal of Pittsburgh Sunnyside PreK–8, about her experience at PBL