In Mother Jones, Kristina Rizga's What Standardized Tests Miss describes the tension between skin-deep instruction to cover tested material and engaging, in-depth learning that can change students' lives. In particular, Rizga describes a student's pride and the inspiration that grew out of researching the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. That reminded me that I used to introduce Oklahoma History by explaining the textbook selection process to my students, and how a committee choose Danney Goble's book after he completed his sales pitch by reading an amazing passage about the riot
