Charles Best Quotes
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To take on the jobs of tomorrow, students must become more than good test takers. They need to become makers who design, sketch, build, and prototype. And their classrooms will need more than a chalkboard and a set of textbooks.
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I was lucky enough to go to boarding school for my high school years, and I had all the resources that I possibly could needed - squash courts and every book you ever would have wanted, every art supply.
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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 will employ almost every strategy and hustle in any possible way to recruit top engineers to our team.
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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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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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At DonorsChoose.org, we believe that teachers are unsung heroes.
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I do not live off canned soup.
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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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I've been a fan of bass fishing for as long as I can remember.
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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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We love that our platform allows people to give.
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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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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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I think philanthropy is so much more in keeping with spirit of shouting someone out than a material reward.
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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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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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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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We believe in the wisdom of the front lines.
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We reflect on our successes and failures at monthly staff meetings.
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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 building out your team.
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My colleagues and I were always having the same conversation in the teachers lunchroom about books we wanted our students to read, a field trip we knew would really bring a subject matter to life... And most of us would go into our own pockets to buy just paper and pencils.
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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. We knew there were supplies and resources that could help our students, but our school district simply couldn't afford them.
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Whenever there are changes to school budgets, we know teachers feel it first.