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In Argentina, a Historic G20 Meeting Looks to Set a Global Education Agenda

By Esteban Bullrich, Vikas Pota

Education ministers from G20 members are meeting for the first time in Mendoza.

In a first for the G20 in its nearly two-decade history, education ministers from G20 member countries will meet in Mendoza on Wednesday to discuss global education trends and policy challenges. The fact that education ministers will have a seat at the table under Argentina’s G20 presidency is an overdue recognition that education is inseparable from economic growth, trade and development.

Adding to the meeting’s significance will be the presence of some the world’s leading education-focused civil society organizations. This group will present the G20 ministers, including U.S....

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