A plan linking teacher pay to performance was signed into law by Gov. Tom Vilsack.
The university has also developed a plan linking schools in a given part of the country with specific colleges.
But there is another experiment going on in the state capital, Denver, which might improve the public-school system from within and keep more radical alternatives at bay, for a while at least.Last month, Denver became the first city in America to bring in a plan linking teachers' salaries directly to their pupils' performance.
So in 1996, returning to London after a seven-year stint in Paris as an investment editor for a newspaper, I put £4,000 into a pension plan linked to an investment trust, with a further monthly subscription of £200.
This is the dilemma of global health in the 21st century: finally, we have the tools for prevention and diagnosis and care; what we lack is an equity plan linked to a delivery system.
Credit Suisse earlier introduced a bonus plan linked to some of the bank's troubled assets.
Currently, according to the College Board reports, about 1.6 million of those with federal loans, or about 11 percent, are in a repayment plan linked to their income.
After collecting $31.5m between them in 2000 from an incentive plan linked to the company's share price, Boeing's top five executives had to live off their salaries, bonuses, restricted stock and perks alone last year, as the incentive plan failed to pay out a cent.
Mr. Hayes spent two hours explaining insurance options to the couple, and at the end of the session, they decided that a high-deductible plan linked to a health savings account made good sense.
The investment firm Fidelity recently surveyed employees at various companies who had opted for a high-deductible health plan linked to a health savings account.
The council would publish a national growth plan, linked to departmental reports, and approve LEP bids for funding.
