97 Quotes by Charles Best

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.

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?

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.

At DonorsChoose.org, we believe that teachers are unsung heroes.

A really large number of teachers contact us offline testifying how valuable iPads are for their students.

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.

Every day, teachers across the country excite their students with new opportunities and experiences.

DonorsChoose was conceived at a Bronx public high school where I taught social studies for five years. In the teachers' lunch room, my colleagues and I often lamented a problem that drained learning from students and creativity from teachers: a lack of funding for essential materials and for the activities that bring subject matter to life.

Our mission is to help students in need and to democratize philanthropy.