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Charles Best

Founder, DonorsChoose.org

Do incentives work in education? 1:15 Discuss
Do teachers make enough money? 0:58 Discuss
Do boys fall through the cracks? 1:19 Discuss
The Best Approach: Top-Down or Bottom-up? 3:45 Discuss
What is a parent’s role in a child’s education? 2:14 Discuss
Is the current generation of public school students prepared for a global economy? 1:03 Discuss
The State of Public Education in America 2:03 Discuss
Should the public school system switch to a private giving model? 2:27 Discuss
What is DonorsChoose.org? 8:30 Discuss
Teaching in the Bronx 1:21 Discuss
A Teacher's Influence 1:35 Discuss
When did education spark your interest? 1:23 Discuss

About Charles Best

Charles Best Charles Best founded DonorsChoose.org at Wings Academy, a public high school in the Bronx where he was a social studies teacher for five years. He thought up DonorsChoose.org during a lunch conversation with colleagues, and his students volunteered to help start the organization. To entice his fellow teachers to try out the new website, Charles offered them his mother's famous pear dessert. DonorsChoose.org has been growing since.

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