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
Why is it that, when we want to think outside the proverbial box, we often put ourselves in one? We gather our team in… — Charles Best 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 people out… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
Arianna Huffington is one of the greatest champions of this idea - that anyone can make a difference. — Charles Best 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 have only… — Charles Best 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 to improve… — Charles Best 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 those unplanned… — Charles Best 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
Our name is not great. It doesn't evoke anything about school or teachers. It doesn't roll off the tongue or stick in your head. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
To take on the jobs of tomorrow, students must become more than good test takers. They need to become makers who design, sketch, build,… — Charles Best 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 salary or… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
