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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.

Recent Blogs

PBL and Equity

We Learn by Doing: What Educators Get Wrong About Bloom’s Taxonomy

PBL thought leader Ron Berger of EL Education points out equity issues when some students are kept at lower levels of thinking.

PBL and Equity

Students’ Basic Needs Must Be Met Before They Can Learn Deeply

Bob Lenz and John Larmer of PBLWorks call for equitable access to PBL for all students, from clean classrooms to safety to literacy.

How-to Tips and Tools

Making Project Based Learning a Gift for the Gifted

High-achieving students can face their own challenges in PBL; here are 4 ways to provide scaffolding for them.

How-to Tips and Tools

Scheduling an Interdisciplinary Project

How a PBL high school made time for project work and content learning in math, ELA, PE, art, Spanish, and digital media classes.

students using teamwork to work on PBL project

How-to Tips and Tools

Facilitating More Equitable and Inclusive Student Teamwork

The director of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Center for PBL explains how to use asset mapping and team charters.

bulletin board with "i likes" and "I wonders" around a Gallery Walk (project)

How-to Tips and Tools

Using a Gallery Walk for Formative Assessment in PBL

An excerpt from the book Project Based Teaching, explaining the purpose and structure of a feedback protocol.

How-to Tips and Tools

3 Keys to Design & Plan for Rigor

How teachers plan PBL units in any subject by using the CCSS math concepts of conceptual understanding, procedural skills & fluency, and application.

Students working on model human skeleton

PBL and Equity

5 Things That Make Project-Based Learning Culturally Responsive

A high school principal draws from the book, Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain.

General PBL

Our New Book & Videos on Project Based Teaching

An overview of the ASCD/PBLWorks book by Suzie Boss, with John Larmer, along with 8 short videos about Project Based Teaching Practices.