Amy McGrath (ASU Prep)
Role at the time: ASU Prep Academy managing director and CEO, coauthor with John Bailey
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
McGrath and Bailey accept pauses for the youngest students but favor educator use and limited, age-appropriate pilots. They call for privacy review, monitoring and instruction that requires students to defend their reasoning.
“The impulse to pause is understandable, and appropriate for the youngest students.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Amy McGrath and John Bailey argue for controlled school AI pilotsJointly authored October 23 opinion essay
The authors accept pauses for the youngest students and support educator use and limited pilots.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The authors accept younger-child pauses but support controlled experience rather than a blanket halt.