Project-based learning (PBL) rubrics turn creative, hands-on projects into structured learning experiences with clear criteria. They help educators design, deliver, and assess projects while enabling ...

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Pre-med students in a Biology course measure urban air quality in collaboration with citizen-scientists from the local community; students in a 300-level Business seminar design improvements to a ...

Top 10 of 2021: Tools for project-based learning can augment impactful lessons that help students develop key life skills Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this ...

Here’s a quick exercise for those in education: What do the letters CBL stand for? For many, competency-based learning might have been the first thing to pop in their heads. But others might have ...

David Ross is a global education consultant and former CEO of the Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21). After holding national and international education leadership roles for 15 years, in ...

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Elizabeth Vega teaches pre-kindergarten at Loma Verde Elementary in Novato, California. Her school and district leaders want to do more project-based learning and have invested in getting teachers ...

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 ...

As part of a broader effort to rethink expectations, educators in the 4,000-student district about an hour from Philadelphia ...

Project-Based Learning (PBL) shifts classrooms from passive memorization to active, hands-on problem solving that connects lessons to real life. By tackling meaningful challenges, students develop ...