"For my 9th birthday, my only wish was to eat like a farmer boy. I had devoured 'The Little House on ..." — Charles Best

At DonorsChoose.org, we believe that classroom teachers often know their students better than anybody else in the system and that their front-line experience gives them a special kind of wisdom.

We think the ability to rattle off people you are grateful to and thankful to is often sort of a proxy for openness to learning from others.

Ideally, DonorsChoose.org wouldn't be necessary for basic supplies, but I hope we'll always be a platform for teachers to request resources that would bring the learning experience of their students to the next level.