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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

How-to Tips and Tools

PBL School Collaboration: 3 Strategies for School Leaders

A principal explains how she uses professional learning communities, models PBL practices in staff meetings, and promotes reflection based on student work.

Choosing Progressive Education for Modern Learning

A new book on how education urgently needs to make the shift to John Dewey’s ideas about how people actually learn.

Projects in Action

Fostering Serendipity in PBL

How a powerful, engaging border-land project on immigration led to connections with real-world organizations and issues.

How-to Tips and Tools

Embed Literacy into STEM Projects

Four strategies for building reading, writing, and presentation skills.

General PBL

How to Prepare Students for PBL

PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer shares tips and resources for starting the school year with students who are new to PBL.

How-to Tips and Tools

Stoking the Culture for PBL: Using Icebreakers & Energizers to Engage All Learners

A principal in a low-income community explains how his school meets students’ emotional needs using "Stoke Deck" activities from Stanford's d.school.

Projects in Action

What Mars Can Tell Us about Earth

How teachers designed a 4th grade science project in response to students' interests that "left us with a sense of accomplishment and wonder."

Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices

Resource List: Assessment in PBL

A list of resources to help teachers enhance their skill in PBL assessment.

Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices

3 Tips for Getting Standards-Aligned Products

Meeting the Project Based Teaching Rubric criteria “clearly and specifically derived from standards” and “allows demonstration of mastery” requires careful thought and planning.

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Four Champions, One Commitment: What It Takes to Create Lasting Change Through Project Based Learning

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