Charles Best Quotes
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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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Donorschoose.org is the one place where somebody with $10 gets the same level of impact and feedback from the recipients that Bill Gates gets when he's making a million-dollar gift.
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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 reflect on our successes and failures at monthly staff meetings.
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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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We make friends with people we admire, including those you might consider competitors, like charity: water, Kiva, and Global Giving. We get on a call with them and exchange ideas.
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I do not live off canned soup.
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We believe in the wisdom of the front lines.
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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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Teachers know how to improve education.
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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 hard, but so does everyone else.
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Our mission is to help students in need and to democratize philanthropy.
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Well, just as in the quality of public schools, there is massive disparity and the compensation given to the public school teachers.
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We've established a free marketplace of teacher ideas and donor interests.
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In the sixth grade, I planned to start my own business making custom fishing lures.
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I saw first-hand that all schools are not created equal, and the students shouldn't have to go without all of the materials that they need for a great education.
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Imagine someone with $10 finding a classroom project that speaks to them personally, seeing where their money is going, and realizing that they don't need to be a millionaire to make a difference.
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Committed teachers know their students' needs better than anyone in the system. Traditionally, however, teachers have little control over the purchase of student materials.
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It just felt wrong that the kids I was teaching didn't have the same access to materials that I did when I was a student.
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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.
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Our only political stance is this: listen to these teachers.
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We are so humbled and grateful to Google for their devotion to our teachers and students.
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Why is it that, when we want to think outside the proverbial box, we often put ourselves in one? We gather our team in a conference room, plaster the walls with sticky paper, and wait for the ideas to flow in a stream of marker scribbles. How often has your quest for innovation peaked at renovation - new dressing on old ideas?