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" I created DonorsChoose by putting pencil to paper - literally - and sketching out each screen of the web site and how it would work. Then I paid a programmer from Poland $1,500 to turn my sketches and common-sense rules into a functioning website. "

Charles Best

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" Teachers are heroes. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" I'd listened to my colleagues in the teachers' lunchroom. I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for strategies and projects to help kids learn better. They just didn't have the resources. I was frustrated, but I also knew it was a frustration felt by teachers all over the city. "

" We aren't prescribing anything. We're not claiming to be the experts. We aren't advocating for or against any program. We are going to create a platform that says very explicitly what it is that teachers experience in their classrooms. "

" People on the front lines have the best ideas for how to improve things. "

" America's best teachers are always looking for new ways to bring learning to life. "

" 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. "

Charles Best

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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. "

" Students can't dream big when classrooms lack books, microscopes, and robotics kits - or even paper, pencils, and paste. "

" 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? "

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

" We will employ almost every strategy and hustle in any possible way to recruit top engineers to our team. "

" We are so humbled and grateful to Google for their devotion to our teachers and students. "

" 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. "

" The most incredible businesses are started by entrepreneurs who relentlessly pursue their passion, but passion works best with a thoughtful, ambitious-yet-grounded business plan. "

" We evaluate all business decisions based on how we can best serve public school teachers and their students. "

" No matter the circumstances, teachers show up each day ready to give their students every opportunity possible, and they never give up. "

" We want to use our site to galvanize people to give but also to take important steps toward real change. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Students who learn to collaborate and negotiate - on Capitol Hill, in the board room, in everyday life - will outperform peers who have higher test scores. "

" Learning is a critical part of our mission and organizational culture. "