The heartland is a great place to be for teachers. Besides the richness of life in the midwest and family values, you'll find teachers live very comfortably.

At 34th on our comfort scale, the state allocates 35% of their education budget to teacher salaries - and you'll be well supported in your classroom in other ways as well.

You can learn more about creating curricula by getting your certificate in curriculum creation.

Some districts require just teaching certificates for K-12, but a master's does help.

The Show Me state does show you the money and support as a teacher.