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 Blog
Success Stories
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How One Magnet School Built Its Identity Around Project Based Learning
Borton shows how a deep commitment to PBL and systems thinking can drive equity, attract families, and create lasting success. We
Recent Blogs
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.
Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
Designing Projects with Students, Not for Them
How middle school students and teachers planned a STEM project focused on community issues.
How-to Tips and Tools
Student Voice and Choice in the Elementary Grades
A 3rd grade teacher explains how she gave students four opportunities to make choices in a Heroes Museum project.
General PBL
Happy New Year! PBL Resolutions for 2020
Wishes for the practice of PBL this year for teachers and school leaders, from PBLWorks staff.
General PBL
PBL as a Hero’s Journey: Parallels to Classic Stories & Star Wars
How what students experience in a project follows the archetypal storyline.
General PBL
Top PBL Blog Posts of 2019
The year’s most-read posts, written by PBLWorks staff, National Faculty, and guest bloggers.
General PBL
My Favorite Projects of 2019
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer's list of projects from various grade levels and subject areas.