Why Collaborative Planning Structures Matter for PBL
...and What I Learned at AMLE I walked into Autumn Baltimore’s session this morning at AMLE — Remix the Routine: Collaborative Planning Reimagined — expecting [...]
The Innovation Barn Part I: Field Work for PBL
A field trip isn't a day off from learning, it's a data collection day. The best teachers treat it that way, and the results show. [...]
Play Part III: When to try play in PBL, with adults.
Who Can Do It---> Teachers on Monday. Leaders in the Next PD. Tinkering is not a specialist’s job. If you have students, a table, and [...]
Building a Shared Definition of High-Quality PBL Through Calibration
When a team of educators sits down to talk about project-based learning, we often assume we’re speaking the same language. We’re not always right. At [...]
Icebreakers That Actually Teach
Turning Light Activities into Durable Skill Practice with Meta Moments We’ve all sat through the obligatory icebreaker. Name + something interesting about yourself. Two truths [...]
A Practical Playbook for Building CTE & Workforce-Ready Pathways
What I learned designing a full entrepreneurial diploma pathway, and the tool I created for other school leaders. School leaders face growing expectations to demonstrate [...]
The PBL Prompt Party Protocol: A Practical Way for School Leaders to Build Teacher Confidence with AI and Project Design
School leaders are increasingly asking a practical question: How do we help teachers move from curiosity about AI to confident, classroom-ready application, especially in the [...]
School Leaders: Leverage PBL to Address the 2026 Teacher Morale Dip
The Education Week State of Teaching 2026 report highlights both challenges and opportunities for school leaders. With the national Teacher Morale Index at +13 (slightly down from [...]
Why Every PBL Educator Needs to Read Stolen Focus
In the world of Project-Based Learning, we design for depth: sustained inquiry, collaboration, revision, and creation. Yet the conditions of modern life, like constant notifications, [...]
Navigating the Teacher Identity Shift: Practical Lessons from The Other Side of Change for PBL and AI Adoption
Project-based learning already asked teachers to evolve from “sage on the stage” to facilitator and co-learner. Now rapid AI adoption is intensifying the question: Who [...]