FutureEd Senior Fellow Marc Porter Magee is the founder and CEO of 50CAN. Over the past eight years, Marc has led 50CAN to more than 100 policy victories through advocacy campaigns in more than a dozen states.He previously served as the COO of ConnCAN,research director for the Partnership for Public Service, and founding director of the Center for Civic Enterprise at the Progressive Policy Institute. Marc holds a B.A. from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Duke University.
Work by Marc Porter Magee
Change Agents: What Social Simulations Can Teach Public Policy Advocates
Sometimes creating an artificial world where one can test out nearly unlimited…
Goals, Strategies, Tactics, People and Money: A Decade’s Worth of Education Advocacy Insights
We launched AdvocacyLabs in 2019 to help education advocates address real-world…
The Science of Advocacy: A Little Opposition Is a Good Thing
An increasing focus on the science of learning is making a difference in classrooms across the…
Experiments in Advocacy: What Works and Why
AdvocacyLabs, a partnership between FutureEd and 50CAN, draws on insights from academia…
What Works in Advocating for Change in Education
With schools severely disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, effective education advocacy on behalf of disadvantaged…
The AdvocacyLabs Interviews: How to Make Change Happen
We launched AdvocacyLabs last year with 50CAN to help strengthen advocacy…