A Catholic 'Teach for America'
Alliance for Catholic Education places young teachers in needy schools.
When Desmond Shannon was a student at the Gesu School in North Philadelphia, he thought students at that private Catholic elementary school had more homework than their teachers.
Thanks to a new, local program that trains young college graduates to teach at inner-city Catholic schools, Shannon, 22, now knows better.
"I see the other side," said Shannon, who teaches
