97 Quotes by Charles Best

We've long believed teachers know best what their students need to succeed, and that includes the creation of healthy, supportive school communities.

Committed teachers know their students' needs better than anyone in the system. Traditionally, however, teachers have little control over the purchase of student materials.

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.

My colleagues and I would spend a lot of our own money on copy paper and pencils, and often we couldn't get the resources that would excite our students about learning.

I'm not tech savvy at all.

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.

I do not live off canned soup.

Teachers know how to improve education, but they are a voice that is consistently overlooked or ignored.

I've been a fan of bass fishing for as long as I can remember.