Tentative N.Y.C. Accord Would Support Raises, Curb Seniority Rights

Teachers would work longer days, year.

More than two years after the old contract expired, New York City and its teachers’ union announced a tentative agreement last week that would raise all teachers’ salaries by 15 percent over five years, require more time on the job, and strip away some rights conferred by seniority.

The proposed pact, which must be ratified by United Federation of Teachers members, would also pay experienced and “master” teachers bonuses of $10,000 annually to teach in the lowest-performing schools.

Under the hard-fought agreement, the system’s 1.1 million students would have two more days of school at the start of the year, and at least some students would get extra instruction at the end of the day in groups of 10 or fewer. Teachers’ official workday would be lengthened by ten minutes to...