Editor's Note

Editor's note

Stories out of school and what they tell us

My sister-in-law has been teaching in a small school system for almost 30 years. As the system’s entire music department, she works with all levels of students. She’s passionate about what she does. I’ll often hear stories about parents, students, coworkers, or the upcoming musical. While working on this issue of JSD, I’ve realized something about her stories— when she talks about the content or the students she teaches, she’s telling a story about the high school. When she talks about her colleagues and what’s going on at the building level, she’s talking about elementary school. I’ve shared meals with a half-dozen of her elementary school colleagues, but I’ve never heard the names of any of her high school peers. Yet she spends most of her time

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