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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Schools are increasingly adopting cross-curricular and project-based learning models that integrate science, social studies, math, and language arts into cohesive units. These approaches range from ...

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 ...

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 young-adult novel “Hatchet” – about a boy who learns to live in the wild after surviving a plane crash – has been a staple of elementary-school English classes for years. But this year Sara ...

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 ...

For parents of children who always say, “Why?” and “How?” and “Show me more,” the project-based preschool approach will give their natural curiosity wings. Problem-solvers and deep thinkers will ...