GTA’s founding concept was to provide the financial and decision making tools taught in MBA programs to young people enmeshed in the criminal justice system. While we have opened our doors to a wide range of youth in our first three years, only about 40% were on probation. We are […]
Michele graduated her first class of students on Thursday, several of whom will stay involved over the summer through the GTA Investors Club. Michele is currently teaching a group in San Francisco at CYMC, and will start another group here in Oakland on May 19th. Congratulations Michele!
Just this week GTA was approved for membership in the Alameda County Community Assets Network (AC CAN), a working group of service providers and advocates working together to increase the income and assets of Alameda County residents. AC CAN’s mission is right in line with GTA’s mission to get financial information […]
Today was the first day of class for new GTA instructor Michele Thorne, and a new group of Oakland youth. Michele joined GTA in January and spent the last month shadowing and absorbing the GTA curriculum as well as adding her own great insights and ideas. Michele comes to GTA […]
In a recent blog post for the Corporation for Enterprise Development, GTA Executive Director Patricia Johnson quotes the homework assignments of several GTA students from Met West High School, who used economics to analyze the lyrics of songs they love. It might change the way you think about 50 Cent […]
Marissa Yarbrough, GTA student and senior at Met West High School, was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle today talking about her frustrations looking for a part-time job while she prepares for college. The Chronicle story covers a recent cell phone poll of California youth that found economic concerns are […]
We are recruiting for an Instructor position at GTA, to join the team in early 2011. Send a cover letter and resume to recruiting@gametheoryacademy.org.
Click here to listen to a radio segment on Game Theory Academy produced by UC Berkeley’s Northgate Radio as part of a larger feature program on ‘choices’.
A recent issue of The Economist reported that the percentage of 16-24 year olds in the U.S who are neither in school nor employed has risen from 18% to 24% in the last two years. One in four young people hanging around with nothing to do! The recession continues to […]
innovation@cfed, an initiative of the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), identifies innovative concepts that expand economic opportunity and increases the visibility of solid concepts that have the potential to significantly impact economically vulnerable people. CFED is a national nonprofit dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for low-income families and communities and has […]