Education is a path with a variety of options for working with children; the most popular position being a classroom teacher. Hawaii has a teacher shortage of It is predicted that the United States will experience a shortage of almost 200,000 teachers by 2025.  Due to the recent landscape in education, high demand areas will include those requiring special training in math and science, working with English as a Second Language, working with those identified with special needs and working within schools which serve a significant percentage of students from low-income situations.