Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"What do we know about the results, if anything? Do we know about which of these methods works best or what the advantages or disadvantages of them are?"

"But in the case of Advanced Placement, it has always seemed to me that the value of Advanced Placement is the rigorous standards that it puts in place and insists upon, and the training of teachers to..."

"the only bona fide expert on education in the Senate, as far as I know having run a school district, a very large school district himself."

"I would ask that you think about setting aside a significant proportion of those funds, 15, 20, 30 percent for the training of teachers."