Rise & Shine: School layoffs would be Bloomberg's largest ever

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | August 24, 2011, 11:31am UTC
  • The city plans to cut nearly 800 school workers in Bloomberg’s largest layoff. (Times, Daily News, Post)
  • Budget cuts also left more than 2,000 teachers newly job-hunting this year. (GothamSchools, WNYC)
  • A Bronx school enrollment office has wrongfully been turning families away this week. (Post)
  • Bronx officials and parents are asking city officials to investigate the cancer scare at PS 51. (Daily News)
  • Schools are grappling with teaching the anniversary of 9/11, which many students don’t remember. (AP)
  • The ACLU is suing Newark, N.J., over spending details about the city’s Facebook donation. (Star-Ledger)