The only problem is that no one knows what a thorough and efficient education is.

"It is the birthright of every child in the state to have a thorough and efficient education."

"The principal of a thorough and efficient education is not going to be sacrificed for a constitutional convention," he said.

New Jersey is not alone in promising a "thorough and efficient" education.

The court battles have focused on a state constitutional requirement of a "thorough and efficient" education for all.

Others attempt to provide a better and more cost efficient general education than nearby non-charter public schools.

First, the efficient education and training of young people should be an EU priority.

For many years they have been denied their constitutional right to a thorough and efficient education.

Those needs must be met to provide students in the deprived districts with the opportunity to achieve a thorough and efficient education.

"They are getting as thorough and efficient an education as we can give them," he said.