General PBL
Student Pushback Made Me a Better PBL Teacher
How a 9th grade history teacher re-thought his approach to the subject and a student created change in her school.
PBL Blog
Summer Reads To Deepen Your PBL Practice
At PBLWorks, we’re incredibly fortunate to have a number of National Faculty and staff members who are not only passionate educators, but also published authors. In this blog, we’re excited to highlight their books—essential reads for anyone looking to deepen their practice and stay inspired all summer long.
Recent Blogs
Projects in Action
Building a Strong Foundation: A Home-Design Math Project
A 5th grade teacher creates a project that surpassed expectations.
Projects in Action
I’m Your Biggest Fan: A Fan Fiction Writing Project
An ELA teacher creates a new PBL unit for her 8th graders, and sees the results.
General PBL
PBL World Keynote: Zaretta Hammond on Culturally Responsive Teaching
The author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain will be joining us in June 2020.
How-to Tips and Tools
Why I Scrum: Using a Project Management Tool for PBL
A teacher explains how he and his students keep track of multi-step projects.
How-to Tips and Tools
Measuring Student Success Skills – Critical Thinking, Part 2: Teaching
3 research-based insights to help guide the teaching of critical thinking in PBL.
How-to Tips and Tools
Don’t Ditch the Rigor When the Going Gets Rough
Advice from a teacher about not giving up key features of a project, even if implementation challenges arise.
How-to Tips and Tools
5 Breakthroughs to Overcome the PBL Plateau Effect
How to make sure projects stay fresh and maintain students’ enthusiasm.
PBL and Equity
High-Quality PBL as an Equity Imperative
How the six criteria for a student’s experience of high-quality PBL can advance racial equity.