Projects in Action
Building a Strong Foundation: A Home-Design Math Project
A 5th grade teacher creates a project that surpassed expectations.
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PBL Champions
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Four Champions, One Commitment: What It Takes to Create Lasting Change Through Project Based Learning
At PBL World 2026, we celebrated four remarkable examples of leadership through our annual PBL Champions Awards. While each
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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.
Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
A PBL Teacher’s Winter Break Reflection
How a teacher reflected on her teaching practice by focusing on one student, one skill, and the joys of teaching.