Parents urged to stand up and fight for Gonski reforms

Both the Australian Council of State School Organisations and the Tasmanian Principals Association have called upon parents and the wider community to put their anger into action.

Australian Education Union state presidents will also come together in protest in Canberra on December 9.

The union is expected to be joined at the protest by state parents and friends counterparts.

The Australian Council of State School Organisations, of which Tasmania is a member, issued a statement yesterday denouncing the changes and calling on parents to hold the federal government accountable.

The group's national president, Peter Garrigan, said if the federal government abandoned the reforms "it would be a betrayal of Australia's children" who are falling behind.

Tasmanian Principals Association president David Raw said the association was bemused and frustrated that education was being used as a political football.

"Why are we, as a community, allowing our government to ignore its responsibility to do this?," Mr Raw said.

"The time for philosophical debate is long gone, we all understand equity, we know it costs more to educate children with greatest need."

Union state president Terry Polglase said the decision for the group protest was made yesterday morning in a teleconference between all state presidents. "We're taking a stand for public education and the Gonski reform movement," Mr Polglase said.