(The following is the text of Dr. William’s acceptance speech, given on June 21 at PBL World 2018 on behalf of Loudoun County Schools, Virginia when it received BIE’s 2018 PBL Champion District award.)

I want to express great appreciation to the Buck Institute for Education, and particularly to Rhonda Hill, our district coach from BIE. I also want to thank BIE’s Chris Waldfogel and all the BIE National Faculty members who work in our district. You develop the capacity of our teachers, principals, and district-level leaders to design and implement PBL. You have taken the time to get to know our district rather than coming in with a cookie cutter approach. PBL is a game changer for our 80,000 students, and so thank you, Rhonda and BIE.