'We aren't as equal as we think' NSW Department of Education report finds

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated February 20 2016 - 10:13am, first published February 8 2016 - 9:58pm
David Ghattas with his daughter, Stephanie and son, Sarkis at Merrylands High School, in Sydney's west.  Photo: Peter Rae
David Ghattas with his daughter, Stephanie and son, Sarkis at Merrylands High School, in Sydney's west. Photo: Peter Rae
NSW Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli has been lobbying the government to fund the final two years of Gonski.  Photo: Peter Rae
NSW Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli has been lobbying the government to fund the final two years of Gonski. Photo: Peter Rae

The NSW Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli has urged the federal government not to abandon the state's most disadvantaged schools after a new report found that Australian society was far less equal than previously thought.

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