Mark Ray is a person I first learned about in my M.Ed. program. He was a featured speaker in my course, and he literally reinvented & brought the libraries back from obsolescence in his district. Follett is now featuring him. Inspirational!
Go the education section of your local newspaper. Watch the local news or check out the station's website for stories about education. How many stories deal with controversy and shed a negative light on the state of education in your community? Now look again for the other perspective.