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Some facts about teachers and teaching careers:
- Approximately 3.7 million people are employed full-time as elementary or secondary school teachers (2011-2012 school year)
- Over the next 10 years, nearly half of those will become eligible for retirement
- The average teacher salary is $56,643 (2011-2012 school year)
- Studies show that a great teacher can impart a year’s worth of learning in half that time