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Lobato 8/26: Moloney opines | EdNewsColorado

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Lobato 8/26: Moloney opines

William Moloney has penchant for making sweepong statements that get under lots of people’s skins, and that’s what he did over a long Friday afternoon at the Lobato v. State school finance trial.

Moloney, Colorado education commissioner for a decade until 2007, was a key witness for lawyers from the attorney general’s office, who are in the middle of presenting their defense against the plaintiffs’ claim that the state’s school finance system is unconstitutional.

Lobato v. State illustrationNow affiliated with a conservative think tank at Colorado Christian University, Moloney is known for his views on class size (bigger is better and cheaper), standard