Jefferson Award Winning SF Teacher Helps Close City’s Achievement Gap
CBS San Francisco
Published: March 20, 2013
A teacher discovers how much she’s taken for granted and how big of an impact she can have by working with less-fortunate children.
Article Excerpt
Sheryl Davis has been a teacher in San Francisco for 15 years. She started with kindergarteners at a private school in Pacific Heights, but when she volunteered her free time to teach low-income students in the nearby Western Addition, she was the one who learned something.
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