Barack Obama actually said...

"This competition will not be based on politics or ideology."

"The future belongs to the nation that best educates its people, period."

"We're beginning to break free from the partisanship and the petty bickering that have stood in the way of progress for so long."

"Ultimately, their education is up to them; it's up to their parents; it's up to their teachers; it's up to all of us."