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 ...

Project-based learning is on the rise—at least it was pre-pandemic. The sudden shift to online learning appears to have brought with it more worksheets (just digital this time) and bite-sized ...

The term “project-based learning” gets tossed around a lot in discussions about how to connect students to what they’re learning. Teachers might add projects meant to illustrate what students have ...

WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than fifty years after Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) revolutionized its undergraduate engineering education, data from a recent alumni survey prove that ...

One of the many reasons I love working for Van Andel Institute for Education is that I get to be a teacher Fairy Godmother. Teaching is an important but difficult job, and sometimes educators can get ...

A project is a multistep activity undertaken by an individual or group to achieve a particular aim. With that broad definition there’s a lot of project-based learning happening in schools these days.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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ALEXANDRIA, VA - FEBRUARY 22: Students Milad Omidian, left, and Mikayla Addison interact following a class at TC Williams High School Thursday February 22, 2017. Students and their mentors from George ...