Whenever there are changes to school budgets, we know teachers feel it first. — Charles Best Change Copy Share Image
We've established a free marketplace of teacher ideas and donor interests. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
People on the front lines have the best ideas for how to improve things. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
You have to wade through tons of 'no's' to get one 'yes,' and you can't let it go to your head when… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
No matter the circumstances, teachers show up each day ready to give their students every opportunity possible, and they never give up. — Charles Best Day Copy Share Image
America's best teachers are always looking for new ways to bring learning to life. — Charles Best America Copy Share Image
A really large number of teachers contact us offline testifying how valuable iPads are for their students. — Charles Best Education Copy Share Image
We are so humbled and grateful to Google for their devotion to our teachers and students. — Charles Best Devotion Copy Share Image
Our name is not great. It doesn't evoke anything about school or teachers. It doesn't roll off the tongue or stick in… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
Every day, teachers across the country excite their students with new opportunities and experiences. — Charles Best Country Copy Share Image
It just felt wrong that the kids I was teaching didn't have the same access to materials that I did when I… — Charles Best Access Copy Share Image
Access to sports is an important part of a well-rounded education, and it takes committed communities and companies like Dick's to make… — Charles Best Education Copy Share Image
I saw first-hand that all schools are not created equal, and the students shouldn't have to go without all of the materials… — Charles Best Education Copy Share Image
Hardworking, passionate teachers know their students' needs better than anyone else in the school environment. If we can tap into their needs,… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
We're thrilled to be a part of PNC's longstanding commitment to early childhood learning. Their generosity will help us expand the DonorsChoose.org… — Charles Best Art class Copy Share Image
My colleagues and I would spend a lot of our own money on copy, paper, and pencils. I just figured there are… — Charles Best Colleagues Copy Share Image
I'd listened to my colleagues in the teachers' lunchroom. I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for… — Charles Best City Copy Share Image
If anything, we hope that DonorsChoose.org is going to be a prompt, a nudge in the side of the public school system… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
Committed teachers know their students' needs better than anyone in the system. Traditionally, however, teachers have little control over the purchase of… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
Why is it that, when we want to think outside the proverbial box, we often put ourselves in one? We gather our… — Charles Best Ideas Copy Share Image
DonorsChoose was conceived at a Bronx public high school where I taught social studies for five years. In the teachers' lunch room,… — Charles Best Creativity Copy Share Image
I get my share of 'cold' requests via LinkedIn from people who are launching non-profit or for-profit ventures and who request a… — Charles Best Cold Copy Share Image
I was a social studies teacher at a high school in the Bronx for five years. — Charles Best Bronx Copy Share Image
Our mission is to help students in need and to democratize philanthropy. — Charles Best Goals Copy Share Image
We reflect on our successes and failures at monthly staff meetings. — Charles Best Failure Copy Share Image
Our only political stance is this: listen to these teachers. — Charles Best Education Copy Share Image
Learning is a critical part of our mission and organizational culture. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
Arianna Huffington is one of the greatest champions of this idea - that anyone can make a difference. — Charles Best Champions Copy Share Image
People not only want to support public schools, but people warm to this idea of being a philanthropist, even if they might… — Charles Best Being Copy Share Image
One question we'll ask is, 'Who are you grateful for,' and a surprising number of people can't name anyone beyond their mother. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
To get DonorsChoose.org to scale, we first need to increase the viral appeal of our website. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
We think the ability to rattle off people you are grateful to and thankful to is often sort of a proxy for… — Charles Best Grateful Copy Share Image
