Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board was blocked from changing Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez’s duties, giving the embattled schools chief a victory.

CHICAGO - A Cook County judge ruled members of the Chicago Public Schools board may have interfered with the district's CEO ability to do his duties, even after they voted to fire him last week. The board's firing of CEO Pedro Martinez last week,

The power struggle over the leadership of Chicago Public Schools is expected to play out in court Tuesday morning. An attorney for CPS CEO Pedro Martinez on Monday sent a cease-and-desist letter to members of the Chicago School Board,