Project-Based Learning (PBL)

Young children’s natural curiosity lends itself well to PBL—and with the right supports, these projects can be extremely effective.

Middle school language arts teachers can create an impactful grammar unit that emphasizes collaboration, research, and presentation skills.

As they emerged from the difficulties of the past few years, these students combined humanities, STEM, and the arts in a project that celebrated their identities as individuals and as a community.

Successfully integrating project-based learning across multiple classes requires careful coordination of learning outcomes and the teaching workload.

Project-based learning encourages student engagement and self-directed learning, and helps teachers make the best use of their time.

A teacher with long experience in PBL discusses the kinds of data teachers should collect to document student learning, as well as how and when to collect it.

Generating a call to action for their audience can give students a sense of agency and have a big impact outside the classroom.

When students complete several drafts of a project and get feedback each time, they achieve better results.

If you’re hesitant about project-based learning, here’s how you and your students can begin to get the long-term benefits.

School leaders can guide teachers to implement exciting learning opportunities for students across the curriculum.

Here are some ways teachers can manage the process of working together across the curriculum to design project-based learning units.

New research reveals that when science, reading, and math come together in rigorous hands-on projects, student collaboration, engagement, and achievement can soar.

Two new gold-standard studies provide compelling evidence that project-based learning is an effective strategy for all students—including historically marginalized ones.

A new study shows that when implemented well, AP courses built around project-based learning can raise test scores for all students, including those in traditionally underserved demographics.

A grade-level project-based learning unit provides academic and social benefits as students work both in small groups and as a whole class.