Amy McGrath

Amy McGrath is a Vice President of Educational Outreach and Student Services for Arizona State University, the Managing Director of ASU Preparatory Academy charter school, and Chair of the Board for ASU Prep Global. Amy leads the work at ASU Prep to design new models that increase learner engagement and outcomes and to scale innovations through partnerships with 300+ school districts nationally via ASU Prep Global. Amy co-designed the Khan World School in partnership with Sal Khan and is passionate about incorporating emergent technology to increase engagement and learning. She also co-designed The Levitt Lab, an inquiry-based micro school, designed in partnership with Steve Levitt, author of Freakonomics and founder of the Center for Radical Innovation and Social Change at the University of Chicago. She has worked and advocated at both the state and national level and writes extensively on school innovation and its relationship to opportunity. She has worked with international school leaders to understand and advocate for quality digital learning. At Florida Virtual School, she was charged with testing, developing, and scaling educational technology products for the school’s six hundred thousand learners. Amy sits on the board for the World Series of Entrepreneurship and Trace Academy and is passionate about redesigning the student experience from the inside out. Amy is a University of South Florida graduate with a bachelor's in social science education and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership. She is happily married with 3 children who help remind her what kids really want for their learning experience.