He has put forward an innovative immigration reform proposal in recent weeks, which could help shape national debate, and he's already decamped to Iowa to speak at a political dinner.

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When political will backs the innovative practices and courage needed for reform, it absolutely is possible to turn around a school system.

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So innovative districts like the one in Texas whose reform efforts are being stymied by state decision-makers will soon have the chance to earn funding to help them pursue those reforms.

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The interagency team could, for instance, recommend sensible reforms to our high-skilled immigration policy, improvements in intellectual-property law, better-designed grant programs that push innovative ideas from universities into companies, regulatory reform around the approval of drugs and medical devices, and policies to sustain a robust venture-capital industry and investments in science and math education.

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We launched Race to the Top -- the most meaningful reform for our public schools in a generation -- to invest in innovative State plans that support and improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement.

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Thanks to his innovative ideas and gritty determination, we passed a health insurance reform plan that is not only paid for, but will significantly lower the cost of health care as well as our deficit over the next several decades.

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It is this kind of innovative thinking that has made Son, 41, a posterboy for reform.

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The discussion addressed also a range of issues, including reinforced action to improve the quality of education at the horizon of 2015 and the post-2015, the need to find innovative ways to reach students from nomadic communities, the Organization's continued support to the reform process of the STI system as well as the African Liberation Heritage's programme.

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