Ron Berger

Ron Berger is a Senior Advisor for Teaching & Learning at EL Education, a nonprofit school improvement organization that partners with public schools and districts across the United States. He previously served as Chief Academic Officer for EL Education and has been involved with the organization since its founding. Berger completed his graduate work at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he also teaches courses that use exemplary student project work to illuminate standards. A longtime classroom educator, he was a public school teacher in rural Massachusetts for more than 25 years, and also worked as a master carpenter; he received the Autodesk Foundation National Teacher of the Year award and is an Annenberg Foundation Teacher Scholar.

Berger is the author or coauthor of multiple influential education books, including Leaders of Their Own Learning: Transforming Schools Through Student-Engaged Assessment, An Ethic of Excellence, A Culture of Quality, Transformational Literacy, Management in the Active Classroom, Learning That Lasts, and We Are Crew: A Teamwork Approach to School Culture. He also cofounded Models of Excellence, described as the world’s largest open-source collection of high-quality student work. His work focuses on student-engaged assessment, project-based learning, and building school cultures that emphasize quality,