Former teacher is making waves in classrooms across the country

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Former teacher is making waves in classrooms across the country


As a teacher, Charles Best found himself often spending his own money to supply his classroom.

Out of this experience grew the idea for DonorsChoose.org. As the organization explains, "DonorsChoose.org makes it easy to help classrooms in need. Public school teachers post classroom project requests which range from pencils for poetry to microscopes for mitochondria."

Thus far, the organization has raised more than $292M and helped more than 13M students.

Today at 1 p.m. EST, Best joins AOL BUILD to discuss the huge impact DonorsChoose.org has had on more than 60,000 schools. Check out the interview live in the video above!

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