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Will Haase, HTH Math Teacher
There's definitely a concern I think about the loss of content. There's no doubt that we take a lot of time; our kids go out on internships, they work with adults, they do a lot of depth in their work, and they definitely miss some of the breath. There's no doubt about that.

Scott Swaaley, HTH Physics Teacher
I think we're doing great things. I think we're doing a project that is helpful for them as people, but I'm only covering, let's say, 40 percent of the content; 60 percent of the content.

Narrator
For most people the school day is judged by how much their kid has learned. In fact, every time policymakers have paused in a meaningful way to assess education in this country, they've always chosen the idea that kids should learn more, not less; which on its surface makes sense.

That's what school is, right? To learn stuff.

But consider AP US history. This class covers over five hundred twenty years, and it's a thirty two week sprint from Columbus to the present day. To get through the curriculum, a student can only spend three class periods covering, say, the Civil War or World War II; and less than a class period on the Constitution.

AP teachers often don't even take questions from students during class because there simply isn't time...not if you want any hope of getting through the curriculum before the semester ends.

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