Welcome to StraightForward Media's Teacher Scholarship program! Our new program offers four scholarships per year exclusively to students who will become teachers.

Teaching has long been considered one of society's most important jobs, but never more so than today. Both the public and private education systems are dealing with a great deal of challenges that are constantly changing. Education is always a hot-button political issue, and teachers are often the first and most affected by new or changing government programs.

And that's just the education of children. College and technical teaching jobs are critical as ever, especially due to rapidly changing technology that is constantly redefining a teacher's job.

Whatever your reason for becoming a teacher, you'll need money to get there. That's why we created the $500 Teacher Scholarships, offered four times per year. Before you apply, we recommend you check our scholarship help site, GiveMeScholarships.com. It'll help you avoid mistakes that'll get your application tossed in the trash! Once you've read those tips, apply online -- check the deadline schedule below for the current application dates.