My Homecoming Dance: Reflections on Teaching in Wisconsin

In her memoir My Homecoming Dance: Reflections on Teaching in Wisconsin, Sue Leamy Kies returns to her alma mater to teach high school English. What's changed in the twenty years since graduation? What hasn't? Her recollection of former classmates, students, mentors, peers, and lessons taught and learned provide a humorous, behind-the-scenes look at secondary public education.

Platteville, home to a state university, lies amid the rolling hills of the Driftless Area of Wisconsin that was le...