Manor New Technology High School in Manor, Texas, is a 100 percent project-based learning School. They are part of the New Tech Network of Schools and their approach has yielded remarkable results, including a 98 percent graduation rate, with all of their graduates accepted to college.
Project Based Learning for Middle School Students from the NYC Department of Education. This file contains resources, research, and tools for educators who plan to implement PBL
At King Middle School and Casco Bay High School, in Portland, Maine, every student works in a widely hailed project-learning method called expeditionary learning. Discover what your School can learn.
Whats interesting is they claim there 6000 applicants for 130 seats, they are going to expand model to another school. Why wouldn't they expand it to more schools?
PBL works has a very nice site, but they are much more interested in middle and elementary school, than high school. I like Teach Engineering. I look a PBL class this school year from a company that creates PBL units and even they are really light on chemistry and physics for upper grades.
High Tech High is a non-profit organization developing public schools in communities across California. This page showcases many of their PBL's, and is a great place to get some ideas.
High Tech High is a non-profit organization developing public schools in communities across California.
Many of their projects are posted at this website.
In January I had a chance to attend a conference with many teachers from High Tech High. I am planning to do a site visit when I go to San Diego in October.
As a teacher in a Project Based Learning (PBL) school, I cherished the projects I created. I worked diligently to ensure that all PBL units I developed were rigorous and engaging. They were oftenti...