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.
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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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PBLWorks TEACH™
Teaching with TEACH™: Interview with Math Educator Jason Darling
We had the chance to connect with Jason Darling, a veteran math teacher and sixth-grade PLC lead at Winterset Middle School in
The Power of the Open Door: Leading the Shift to Gold Standard PBL
“What does successful PBL implementation actually look like in practice?” As district and school leaders, we often find ourselves
How-to Tips and Tools
Antidote to Learned Helplessness: Productive Struggle in PBL
How teachers can help at-first-unwilling students rise to the challenges of a project, by modeling their own learning process to providing scaffolds to building a supportive culture.
How-to Tips and Tools
For Leaders: Building Capacity at the School Level with PBLWorks Online Modules
Project Based Learning is most powerful when every level of a system is aligned in service of deeper learning for students. To
Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
Leveling Up Online Learning with Gold Standard PBL Teaching Practices
Suggestions for reflecting on your experience this spring and taking next steps.
Gold Standard PBL: Design Elements
Gold Standard PBL: Essential Project Design Elements
An overview of the 7 Essential Project Design Elements in the PBLWorks model for Gold Standard PBL. Adapted from “Gold Standard PBL: The Essential Project Design Elements” white paper by John Larmer and John Mergendoller (2015).
How-to Tips and Tools
Creating a Schoolwide PBL Timeline
How school leaders modeled a PBL culture by involving teachers in a “project” to respond to concerns about students’ workloads.
Walking the PBL Path: A School's Journey, Student Impact, and the Promise of PBL
For the past 10 months as a Lead National Faculty member with PBLWorks, I’ve worked closely with University Prep Schools (UPrep)