State board president Bob Schaffer criticized the district for denying an application based on requirements that he said went above the requirements of state statute. "Schools just need a description of the governance board," Schaffer said. "It seems...

English language learners, the financial feasibility of a school that was counting on three grants that have not been secured, and on the structure of a board that would have the same board members overseeing the private tuition-based pre-school and...

Rick Santorum did have a couple of high-profile endorsements, such as from former Congressmen Tom Tancredo and Bob Schaffer. But many big guns were out for Romney, including the popular former governor Bill Owens, former Senators Hank Brown and Wayne...

Another Santorum campaign source says that maybe its biggest get yet in Colorado is former U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer's endorsement of the former senator. The source says many Coloradans consider Schaffer a major leader of the state's conservative movement.

Bob Schaffer also is principal of the lauded Fort Collins charter. Faced with a series of damaging disclosures about its school-construction projects, the Neenan Co. is getting support from a successful Fort Collins charter school and its high-profile...

It is, he said, about the right of parents to choose the schools they feel are best for their kids. "We believe in the concept of self-governance," state board of education chairman Bob Schaffer told the crowd. But the current public education system...