Hollywood has created its share of movies about teachers. And in most of those films, the teaching profession is seen as a noble, almost heroic, position in society. Teachers can be heroic, but it's never the same as in the movies. Now it seems that there are fewer people who want to become teachers, which is leading to a teacher shortage. According to the Learning Policy Institute , an independent, non-partisan group, it's estimated that there could be a teacher shortage of more than 100,000