How much does Sam Tyler make a year? Does he have a job for life? What makes him an expert on these issues? Anybody tell me?

Sam Tyler is an educational genius. He has spent countless years (since 1983) educating the public about how municipal employees need "reforms", while simultaneously educating the public how big businesses need multi-million dollar tax breaks. He deserves every penny he receives from the millionaires and billionaires who pay for his Holliston lifestyle. After all, who knows better about what's good for the people of Boston than the people of Holliston? I wonder who he supported for POTUS? HMMM, Rick "Jobs" Perry maybe?

Google "public sector union" to find links to some good articles representing sound viewpoints not often heard in union-heavy states. Here's one: http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/23/principled-leadership-will-beat-public-union-bullying/

aparolin said, "How much does Sam Tyler make a year? Does he have a job for life?" ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As reported in the 2010 Boston Municipal Research Bureau (BMRB) IRS 990's, Samuel Tyler is paid $257,787. 00. This figure does not include any payment for outside boards he might be sitting on, or speaking engagements he might be paid for. That would be on his personal tax return which would be harder to get than Mitt Romney's! According to the BMRB site, he has been working there since 1972 and became president in 1983. He is not an expert on the Boston Public Schools, he cannibalizes and gleans information and spins it to reflect the interest of the large businesses, universities, hospitals and large non-profits he represents. These businesses and non-profits (not to be confused with charity) pay to belong to the Boston Municipal Research Bureau. Samuel Tyler made the thirty years for his retirement, unlike many fine BPS teachers who were bullied and forced into early retirement by young, inexperienced, administrators, hired by Dr. Johnson, who believed the teacher demonization rhetoric they read in the Boston Herald, Globe and the self-serving, biased "analysis" issued by the Boston Municipal Research Bureau. I can only hope that, at this point in his life, Samuel Tyler realizes the damage his "work" has created in the lives of veteran teachers who have devoted their lives to educating Boston's urban children. Unlike Boston teachers, Samuel R. Tyler, has not made this world a better place!

aparolin wrote, "How much does Sam Tyler make a year? Does he have a job for life? What makes him an expert on these issues?" ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As reported in the 2010 Boston Municipal Research Bureau (BMRB) IRS 990's, Samuel Tyler is paid $257,787. 00. This figure does not include any payment for outside boards he might be sitting on or speaking engagements he might be paid for. According to the BMRB site, he has been working there since 1972 and became president in 1983. He is not an expert on the Boston Public Schools, he cannibalizes and gleans information and spins it to reflect the interest of the large businesses, universities, hospitals, and large non-profits he represents. These businesses and non-profits (not to be confused with charity) pay to belong to the Boston Municipal Research Bureau. Samuel Tyler made the thirty years for his retirement, unlike many fine BPS teachers who were bullied and forced into early retirement by young, inexperienced, administrators, hired by Dr. Johnson, who believed the teacher demonization rhetoric they read in the Boston Herald, Globe and the self-serving, "biased reports" issued by the Boston Municipal Research Bureau. I can only hope that, at this point in his life, Samuel Tyler realizes the damage his "work" has created in the lives of veteran teachers who have devoted their lives to educating Boston's urban children. Unlike Boston Teachers, Samuel Tyler is not leaving this world a better place!

Here's a fact, not a viewpoint, about union education. States which are unionized are the top performing states, while non union states are at the bottom. Average Rank Across 4 NAEP Tests Next to each state is its average rank Virginia....... 16.6 Texas......... 27.3 N. Carolina.. 27.5 Georgia.......36.8 Arkansas.....38.9 S. Carolina...38.9 Arizona........43.3 Alabama......45.5 Louisiana.....47.8 Mississippi...48.6 So, only 1 state (VA) that is non union is above the median performance. MA, heavily unionized, is #1. So is the top 15 states - all UNION. Indeed there is something in a union. The best reforms are enacted when both sides come to a fair and equitable agreement, not when local executives DICTATE policy. After all, who know what's really best for kids - politicians or teachers?

columwhyte, your inference is that unions equal top performance. Well, the two _may_ be correlated, but your comment doesn't prove that unions lead to top performance. "After all, who know what's really best for kids - politicians or teachers?" If teachers equaled teachers' unions, that's one thing. But public-sector unions are creatures unto themselves, supporting their own interests (not those of their memberships) and delivering votes to pols to keep them in office and to keep them on the opposite side of the bargaining table, thereby leaving taxpayers unrepresented.

"If teachers equaled teachers' unions, that's one thing. But public-sector unions are creatures unto themselves, supporting their own interests (not those of their memberships) and delivering votes to pols to keep them in office and to keep them on the opposite side of the bargaining table, thereby leaving taxpayers unrepresented." HUH? The brass of the teachers union are ELECTED by TEACHERS. They are, in fact, teachers themselves. I am a teacher. I am active in my teachers union. Without the teachers union there would be no balance of power. Here's what my union fights for: smaller class sizes, safe working conditions (asbestos, air quality, etc.), safer schools, diverse curriculum (as opposed to ELA and Math test prep curriculum which short changes Art, Music, History, Science, Health, and Physical Education.) What exactly do you mean they don't represent membership best interests? And I suppose that corporate backed super pacs are really looking out for the working and middles classes? If you are concerned about tax payer expenditures why don't you ask yourself how much management, publishing companies, no bid vendors, vendors of grossly overpriced supplies, and incompetent, overpaid consultants cost. Unions point out this managerial fat as contracts are being discussed. Folks like you are just concerned that teachers are making too much. Please! There are plenty of racketeers preying on our education system - and the dedicated teachers who work tirelessly in our classrooms are not they. Leave our salaries, pensions, experience protections, and RIGHT to collectively bargain alone. Finally, my "inference" is undeniable fact. If teachers unions are creating "problems" in education than why are the top performing states all union. Why are the non-union states almost exclusively near the bottom? The answer: unions fight for CONTRACTS that are both fair to workers and kids. If not, then the top performing states would be non union.