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 […]
Check out this NY Times feature on Met West High School‘s innovative education model. Congratulations to all the Met West seniors, who passed “economics” with Game Theory Academy as well as their other classes and now can boast a 100% graduation rate for the class of 2010! We are so […]
Today GTA received a grant from the Seed Fund of RSF Social Finance. This interesting organization, whose work was inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, aims to transform the way the world works with money. We are so pleased to be supported by an institution whose mission is so […]
Sean Shavers, who took the GTA class last summer at New America Media, then again in the fall at First Place for Youth, talks about how the class impacted his thinking about money. Also, enjoy a few shots of the new office in downtown Oakland in the historic Howden building! […]