Throughout my entire career as a computer teacher, I have used project-based learning (PBL). I’ve had students as young as first grade working on projects using LCSI’s Microworlds, an authoring tool ...
This post is by John Larmer, editor in chief of the Buck Institute for Education, and Bob Lenz, executive director of the Buck Institute for Education. Follow them @JohnLBIE and @PBLBob. In part one ...
I had a fascinating conversation with a few teachers the other day. Though their school leadership viewed Project-Based Learning (PBL) as a pathway to student-centered learning, these teachers ...
Project-Based Learning (PBL) is one of the hottest buzzwords in education, and it’s easy to see why. PBL combines standards-based curriculum with empowering students to solve real world challenges.
‘Broad use of PBL/PBA in the city’s schools could jumpstart New York’s post-pandemic educational era away from the drill-and-kill, standardized test-based techniques of the last 20 years, invigorating ...
PHILADELPHIA — In a city that’s struggled to meet the educational needs of many of its children, especially its most vulnerable ones, a select group of district high schools is shunning the ...
For this fifth year of The Seattle Times Student Voices project, we invited students from Washington public high schools and colleges to work with Education Lab to write about issues of educational ...
In today's world, teachers have a long wish-list for their students: They want them to be globally competent, problem solvers, critical thinkers, technology literate and collaborative, to name just a ...
Laguna Blanca first opened its doors 85 years ago in bucolic Hope Ranch to 40 boys taught by six faculty. Today, the school proudly stands as a pillar of academic excellence, serving 375 coed students ...
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 ...