GTA 2011 Annual Report is Here!
Many thanks to the students, partners and donors who made 2011 an incredible year for Game Theory Academy. View the GTA 2011 Annual Report.
GTA Students
Congratulations to the final GTA graduates of 2011
Congratulations to the 220 youth who participated in Game Theory Academy in 2011! Game Theory Academy would also like to thank the dozens of community organizations that hosted GTA, referred youth to our classes or otherwise encouraged our work, including: Alameda County Community Asset Network * Alameda County Healthcare Services Agency […]
Meet the parents
Meet the parents! This fall GTA ran a specialized GTA course for parents of kindergarteners at Vincent Academy, a newly founded charter school in Oakland. Congratulations to our graduates!
Even the Occupy Movement has Opportunity Costs
Many GTA supporters have asked what our students think about the Occupy movement, and whether they are involved in what’s happening here in Oakland. Today, we asked some who have visited the camp sites or participated in the protest activities to share their opinion, in light of our lesson today […]
The best self-interest cloud
The newest class of GTA students mastered the concept of best self-interest on day one. Read their plans to act in their best self-interest in the coming months:
Saving for my future
By Ramon Ortiz Game Theory Academy (GTA) was a great opportunity for me to learn how to make choices that help me managing money. I was able to understand how to save money by not wasting it on unnecessary items. For example, some people buy new phones every month instead […]
Voices in my head: GTA was in my best self-interest
By Ryan Nunnery I’m a senior at Skyline High School. Most of my life has been about learning how to go from point A to point B, responding to situations constantly happening in life. Being in Game Theory Academy has helped me make better decisions, whether it’s choosing what route […]
Staying True to my Future
By Wayne Johnson One day my brother, Bobby, and I met up after he got off work. He started telling me about this economics class that will pay us for attending. I thought about the money and was like, “Yeah, bruh, I’m coming.” Neither of us had been to school […]
Mapping strategic thinking at summer GTA classes
Michele just graduated her third group of GTA students. As a self-proclaimed visual learner, Michele often comes up with creative ways to map out the decisions and questions posed by students as they plunge through the GTA toolkit in class. [slideshow] In GTA, we teach students that when you make […]
Get on top, stay on top and manage your money on top
This month we wrapped up spring classes in San Francisco at Conscious Youth Media Crew and in east Oakland at the Laurel Marketplace Learning Center. The youth in the GTA Investors Club also picked their stocks, and over the summer we will track the performance of their portfolio: So far they’ve lost $8.03. There’s […]