Charles Best Quotes
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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 and to start delivering these materials and experiences that students need and to make it easier for teachers to innovate.
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Our brains are designed to solve some of our most complex problems when we're distracted by routine habits.
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We've long believed teachers know best what their students need to succeed, and that includes the creation of healthy, supportive school communities.
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We evaluate all business decisions based on how we can best serve public school teachers and their students.
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I've met with titans of Silicon Valley because they're investing in our national expansion. I've had lunch with Claire Danes because she sees DonorsChoose.org as the best way to help students in public schools. I would never, ever rub shoulders with such people if I had followed the typical career path in investment banking or whatever.
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At DonorsChoose.org, we believe that teachers are unsung heroes.
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Our ideological dilemmas won't ever be solved by machines.
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Hardworking, passionate teachers know their students' needs better than anyone else in the school environment. If we can tap into their needs, we can unleash smarter solutions and empower those people on the front lines.
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I believe if we can crowdsource educational solutions to teachers on the front lines, who often know their kids better than anyone, we will unearth and generate better-targeted, smarter ideas.
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I've been a fan of bass fishing for as long as I can remember.
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Teachers know how to improve education, but they are a voice that is consistently overlooked or ignored.
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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 the office rent.
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I think philanthropy is so much more in keeping with spirit of shouting someone out than a material reward.
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KIPP schools would be just a shining example of schools where students aren't just given homework and taught imaginative ways, but they're really brought into a culture of education.
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We love that our platform allows people to give.
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Whenever there are changes to school budgets, we know teachers feel it first.
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Whether you're saying 'thank you' to friends, family members, customers, or a hiring manager who interviewed you for a job, the case in favor of gratitude is both altruistic and pragmatic.
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My colleagues and I would spend a lot of our own money on copy, paper, and pencils. I just figured there are people out there who would want to help teachers like us if they could see exactly where their money was going.
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You have to wade through tons of 'no's' to get one 'yes,' and you can't let it go to your head when you get that yes.
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I do not live off canned soup.
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I had really good relationship with my students; it definitely took me a few months before I had my students' respect.
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One question we'll ask is, 'Who are you grateful for,' and a surprising number of people can't name anyone beyond their mother.
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We reflect on our successes and failures at monthly staff meetings.
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We believe in the wisdom of the front lines.