Can the long-struggling Philadelphia school system change how we measure success by focusing on meaningful work instead of test scores? Ninth-graders at the Science Leadership Academy work on a group ...

Can project-based learning help close the achievement gap? New research focused on young elementary schoolers suggests that a well-designed and well-taught project-based-learning curriculum can help ...

How does project-based learning fit in with the priorities of Common Core? Project-based learning and the Common Core are a natural fit. At our school, this was one of the core ways we started to ...

The days of hands-on projects left college students’ minds years ago, replaced with sleep deprivation and cramming for midterms. But that’s not how it should be. With the school’s outstanding rankings ...

Teachers complete a dollar disparity activity/lesson at PBL World in Napa, CA. Every year, the annual PBL World conference attracts educators far and wide to Napa, CA, to partake in five days of ...

PBLWorks, the leader in professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), has created a first-of-its kind PBL Project Designer to help teachers plan standards-based PBL units for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of learning, work and human development. Oct 01, 2022, 05:15am EDT Oct 03, 2022, 04:57pm EDT This article ...

It’s easy to do project-based learning, it’s just hard to do it well. Project-based learning is a great way to engage students, to encourage collaboration and creativity, and to promote authentic work ...

At Aspire Public Schools, the charter-school network, teachers were assigning projects long before the implementation of the Common Core, said Chief Academic Officer Elise Darwish. “Kids go in-depth ...

Big multistep projects teach the practical skills of project management. Challenging projects build the habits of persistence (sometimes called grit) and self direction. If they include some degree of ...