Charles Best Quotes
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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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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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We evaluate all business decisions based on how we can best serve public school teachers and their students.
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We all remember special days at school, whether it was going on a field trip, doing a science experiment, or performing in a school play.
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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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At DonorsChoose.org, we believe that teachers are unsung heroes.
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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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Acknowledging someone is an act of altruism in the first place, so converting that act of altruism into a pizza party or company fleece jacket or a gift card is fine, but it's not in keeping with spirit in which it all began.
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I've been a fan of bass fishing for as long as I can remember.
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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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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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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 do not live off canned soup.
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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 think philanthropy is so much more in keeping with spirit of shouting someone out than a material reward.
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We love that our platform allows people to give.
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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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Whenever there are changes to school budgets, we know teachers feel it first.
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We reflect on our successes and failures at monthly staff meetings.
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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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Teachers know how to improve education, but they are a voice that is consistently overlooked or ignored.
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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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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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A really large number of teachers contact us offline testifying how valuable iPads are for their students.