A practical guide to building 21st century competencies with Project Based Learning. For middle school and high school teachers, instructional coaches, and school leaders. Critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity are important for college, careers, and success in today’s world. No other teaching method brings together these “4 C’s” like Project Based Learning. This book contains down-to-earth, classroom-tested advice for teaching and assessing 21st century competencies in PBL, including: Aligning projects with Common Core State Standards, Designing projects for the 4 C’s and building student competency, Sample projects from a variety of grade levels and subjects, Rubrics for each of the 4 C’s, Tips for using technology to enhance projects, A special chapter for school leaders on building community, parent and systemic support for 21st century learning with PBL.