This brief by the Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse is about reaching for the stars--stories of vision and commitment from educators in small and large schools. Everyone knows of people who are held up as "visionaries" throughout history: Leonardo Da Vinci, Mahatma Gandhi, Jules Verne, Thomas Edison, Susan Anthony, or John Dewey, to name a few. The authors hope the stories told here are just as useful to readers as the accounts of any of these world-renowned visionaries. (Contains 1 figure.) [This paper was written with Debra Green, Paula Miller, Ricky Millwood, and Diane Stephens.]