The library for career-connected deeper learning.
Field-tested guides, peer-reviewed research, on-demand webinars, and case studies from districts who turned a Portrait of a Graduate into a working instructional model.
Case Study Featured Case Study: East Baton Rouge Schools Partner with Defined to Support Students' Career Exploration & Readiness
Learn how East Baton Rouge Parish Schools implemented Defined Careers to connect students to 500+ career pathways and build authentic career readiness across their district.
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Guide Featured Equipping Students for Life: Practical Strategies for Deeper Learning in K–12 Schools
A practical playbook for K–12 leaders ready to move from vision to action — with classroom-tested strategies for embedding deeper learning competencies across grade levels and content areas.
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Infographic Featured Infographic: The Career Readiness Gap — What Students Need vs. What They're Getting
A compelling visual breakdown of the gap between the career readiness skills employers say they need and the preparation students report actually receiving — and what schools can do about it.
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eBook Featured Portrait of a Graduate Handbook: A Practical Guide for Districts
Your step-by-step guide to developing, communicating, and operationalizing a Portrait of a Graduate that actually drives instruction and assessment decisions across your district.
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Guide A Guide to Competency-Based Education
Understand the principles, structures, and implementation strategies behind competency-based education — and how it connects to career readiness and deeper learning for all students.
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Guide A Guide to Deeper Learning Through PBL
Explore the connection between project-based learning and deeper learning outcomes — and learn how to design experiences that move students beyond surface-level content coverage.
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Case Study Case Study: Aligning and Assessing for Career Readiness
Discover how districts are aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices to ensure every student graduates career-ready — with real examples from schools using Defined.
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Case Study Case Study: Building a Foundation for Effective PBL in Marshall County Schools
Learn how Marshall County Schools built a sustainable PBL culture from the ground up — including the professional learning strategies, coaching structures, and tools that made it stick.
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Case Study Case Study: Engaging Middle School Students in Career Readiness
Middle school is the critical window for career exploration. See how districts are using Defined to spark curiosity, build relevance, and help young adolescents connect today's learning to tomorrow's possibilities.
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Case Study Case Study: Using Defined to Enhance PBL Experiences in a Rural School District
See how a rural district leveraged Defined to bring high-quality, career-connected project-based learning to students who might otherwise lack access to diverse career pathways.
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eBook How PBL Builds Portrait of a Graduate Competencies
Explore the natural alignment between project-based learning and Portrait of a Graduate frameworks — and learn how to leverage PBL as your primary vehicle for developing the competencies your district has committed to.
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eBook Introduction to Performance Tasks: An eBook for Educators
Learn what performance tasks are, why they matter for measuring deeper learning, and how to design and facilitate them in ways that are both rigorous and manageable for teachers.
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Webinar Webinar: Deeper Learning Through PBL
In this on-demand webinar, Defined Learning educators share strategies for designing project-based learning experiences that drive deeper learning outcomes — with real examples from classrooms across the country.
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Webinar Webinar: Leading to Create a PBL Culture
Join district leaders and instructional coaches for a conversation about building the culture, structures, and shared language that make project-based learning sustainable across a school or district.
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Practical perspectives on deeper learning.
Short reads from the Defined team and educators in the field — published weekly on the Defined blog.
We Say We Want Engagement—But We Keep Designing Compliance
In schools, we talk about engagement like it’s the goal.We name it in strategic plans.We highlight it in walkthroughs.We ask about it…
“Preparing Students for the Future—or Training Them to Follow Directions?”
A quiet truth sits just beneath the surface of our work in education—one we don’t say out loud nearly enough:We say we are pre…
When Vision Meets Opportunity: How Washington Community Schools is Building Futures on Purpose
In education, clarity emerges when a district moves beyond conversation and into intentional action—when vision is no longer somethin…