The Brief

A federal judge ruled Thursday that mass layoffs at the U.S. Education Department are causing "irreparable harm" to students and educators.

The judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate the thousands of employees they laid off in March.

The judge also temporarily blocked the administration from moving forward with plans to shut down the department.

President Donald Trump’s executive order to close the Education Department and lay off thousands of employees cannot take effect yet, a judge ruled Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from shutting down the department and ordering the agency to rehire the employees who were let go in mass layoffs.

The backstory:

Two school districts in

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