Edward F. Berger

Ed Berger began teaching high school in 1961. During his public school career, he pioneered many interdisciplinary programs that stressed experiential education. In 1968, he began building supplemental enrichment programs for public education in Southwest Colorado. He traveled around the world in 1970 and spent a year studying education programs in twenty-two nations. When he returned to the U.S., he continued building his dream school. He earned his doctorate in education in 1975, the year he created the Crow Canyon Education and Archaeological Research Center. Ed is an education advocate and consultant. He lives with his wife Jo, in Prescott, Arizona.