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
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
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
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 Anything 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
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 Beyond 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 Anything 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,… — Charles Best Design 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
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
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
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
We aren't prescribing anything. We're not claiming to be the experts. We aren't advocating for or against any program. We are going… — Charles Best Anything Copy Share Image
Whenever there are changes to school budgets, we know teachers feel it first. — Charles Best Change Copy Share Image
We really are based on this idea that teachers have all this pent-up classroom expertise and that if we could just empower… — Charles Best Classroom Copy Share Image
I was a social studies teacher at a high school in the Bronx for five years. — 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 partnership with Dick's Sports Matter program aligns perfectly with our mission to address inequity in schools nationwide. — Charles Best Goals Copy Share Image
Every day, teachers across the country excite their students with new opportunities and experiences. — Charles Best Country Copy Share Image
Donorschoose.org is the one place where somebody with $10 gets the same level of impact and feedback from the recipients that Bill… — Charles Best Feedback 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
