✔ Teachers in the United States rate their lives better than all other occupation groups, trailing only physicians.
✔ Mid-career teacher salaries typically range between $60,000 and $100,000.
✔ Grade 7-12 science and math teachers get paid more than most college faculty.
✔ There are student loan forgiveness programs and scholarships for math and science teachers.
✔ Over 78% of high school science teachers are still in the classroom after 5 years of teaching.
✔ Most teaching jobs have better retirement benefits than other jobs you can get with the same degree.
✔ About half of all science and math majors report an interest in becoming a teacher.
✔ You can get a job almost anywhere in the U.S. or abroad as a science or math teacher.
✔ Research shows that the classroom teacher has a greater impact on student learning than all other aspects of schools (i.e. Class size and funding per student).