We evaluate all business decisions based on how we can best serve public school teachers and their students. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
I had really good relationship with my students; it definitely took me a few months before I had my students' respect. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
Teachers know how to improve education, but they are a voice that is consistently overlooked or ignored. — Charles Best Education Copy Share Image
We've long believed teachers know best what their students need to succeed, and that includes the creation of healthy, supportive school communities. — 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
Donors are sick of writing that $200 check to the Red Cross and not knowing whether it goes for the executive director's… — Charles Best Director Copy Share Image
Our brains are designed to solve some of our most complex problems when we're distracted by routine habits. — Charles Best Brains 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
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
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
Whether you're saying 'thank you' to friends, family members, customers, or a hiring manager who interviewed you for a job, the case… — Charles Best Family Copy Share Image
Ideally, DonorsChoose.org wouldn't be necessary for basic supplies, but I hope we'll always be a platform for teachers to request resources that… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
Laptops are important, but before you spend a million dollars per school providing one laptop per child... won't you please spend $5,000… — Charles Best Camera Copy Share Image
For my 9th birthday, my only wish was to eat like a farmer boy. I had devoured 'The Little House on the… — Charles Best Birthday Copy Share Image
The most incredible businesses are started by entrepreneurs who relentlessly pursue their passion, but passion works best with a thoughtful, ambitious-yet-grounded business… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
Within a single school, teachers often encounter differences in poverty levels, parent involvement, and student readiness. — Charles Best Differences Copy Share Image
I think it's the strength of the idea that's made Donors Choose work, not me. I mean, I'm determined, and I work… — Charles Best Donors Copy Share Image
Well, just as in the quality of public schools, there is massive disparity and the compensation given to the public school teachers. — Charles Best Education Copy Share Image
I'd love DonorsChoose.org to become a place where teachers can post innovative, out-of-the-box projects that they can't get funding for traditionally. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
I think there are really are some public schools, incredibly successful public schools, that are inculcating a real educational ethic in their… — Charles Best Education Copy Share Image
I founded DonorsChoose.org because I care about learning, and I believe every student in our country deserves a great education. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
I think philanthropy is so much more in keeping with spirit of shouting someone out than a material reward. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
Our partnership with Dick's Sports Matter program aligns perfectly with our mission to address inequity in schools nationwide. — Charles Best Football Copy Share Image
Students can't dream big when classrooms lack books, microscopes, and robotics kits - or even paper, pencils, and paste. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
In the sixth grade, I planned to start my own business making custom fishing lures. — Charles Best Business Copy Share Image
We all remember special days at school, whether it was going on a field trip, doing a science experiment, or performing in… — Charles Best Field trip Copy Share Image
We will employ almost every strategy and hustle in any possible way to recruit top engineers to our team. — Charles Best Engineers Copy Share Image
Students who learn to collaborate and negotiate - on Capitol Hill, in the board room, in everyday life - will outperform peers… — Charles Best Capitol hill Copy Share Image
It's hard to enlist the support of people you don't know, but it's critical to growing your career, finding new customers, and… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
We think there's nothing like sunlight to mobilize and energize citizens to demand change of their elected officials. — Charles Best Change Copy Share Image
One thing that gets missed a lot is that DonorsChoose is merely a place where teachers post wish lists. That doesn't do… — Charles Best Innovation Copy Share Image
If you track your organization's creativity by the number of brainstorms on your calendar, you're missing out. It's more important to capture… — Charles Best Cooking Copy Share Image
Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on DonorsChoose.org. Requests range from pencils for a poetry writing… — Charles Best America Copy Share Image
When I began teaching, my colleagues and I quickly realized that our students didn't have access to the same resources we had… — Charles Best Colleagues Copy Share Image
If you just believe in our democracy, and you want an informed electorate, public schools are in your interest, and I think… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to go to boarding school for my high school years, and I had all the resources that I… — Charles Best Art Copy Share Image
If we can show the world that there are students in all sorts of communities who don't have the material they need… — Charles Best Education Copy Share Image
My colleagues and I would spend a lot of our own money on copy paper and pencils, and often we couldn't get… — Charles Best Colleagues Copy Share Image
Whether you're raising money for a cause, a personal need, or a project, most crowdfunding sites center on you hitting up people… — Charles Best Money Copy Share Image
