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
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
In the sixth grade, I planned to start my own business making custom fishing lures. — Charles Best Business 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
DonorsChoose enables teachers not just to go public with learning needs in classrooms but also to unleash their imaginations about the best… — 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… — 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,… — Charles Best Design 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
We make friends with people we admire, including those you might consider competitors, like charity: water, Kiva, and Global Giving. We get… — Charles Best 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
Students can't dream big when classrooms lack books, microscopes, and robotics kits - or even paper, pencils, and paste. — Charles Best 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
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
I think philanthropy is so much more in keeping with spirit of shouting someone out than a material reward. — Charles Best 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Within a single school, teachers often encounter differences in poverty levels, parent involvement, and student readiness. — Charles Best Differences 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
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
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
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
At DonorsChoose.org, we've seen what technology can do for a classroom. We make it easy for teachers to request the materials they… — Charles Best Classroom Copy Share Image
An art project, a hands-on science experiment, or a special field trip can transcend textbooks and flash cards. No one knows this… — Charles Best Art 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
We've heard people say that teachers have no business going rogue and trying to select their own books, technology, and classes -… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
Acknowledging someone is an act of altruism in the first place, so converting that act of altruism into a pizza party or… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
At DonorsChoose.org, you can give as little as $1 and get the same level of choice, transparency, and feedback that is traditionally… — Charles Best Choice Copy Share Image
I believe if we can crowdsource educational solutions to teachers on the front lines, who often know their kids better than anyone,… — Charles Best 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
