Projects are a way to increase student engagement with academic work by situating the work in a real-world context. Adria Steinberg of Jobs for the Future in her new book Real Learning, Real Work, describes project-based learning as “class or individual projects, jointly negotiated by students and teacher, in which students investigate an area of interest to them and importance to the course of study. Work or community partners help provide context and information for the project and attend a culminating exhibition in which students present and exhibit their findings and results.”