Being Quote by Charles Best

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

Teachers are heroes.

— Charles Best

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

Arianna Huffington is one of the greatest champions of this idea - that anyone can make a difference.

— Charles Best

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

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

Our ideological dilemmas won't ever be solved by machines.

— Charles Best

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

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

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

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

When I began teaching, my colleagues and I quickly realized that our students didn't have access to the same resources we had growing up.…

— Charles Best