Game Theory Academy (GTA) is recruiting two new Instructors in 2017 to deliver GTA’s innovative financial decision-making curriculum to low-income youth in Oakland and Richmond. A qualified candidate must demonstrate an aptitude for microeconomics, as that forms the basis of our innovative curriculum, and a passion for money management. Our current […]
Candy Pareja, GTA Instructor I frequently find myself reflecting back on financial decisions and mistakes I have made along the way and wished that school had taught me how to budget or how to calculate an APR instead of the Pythagorean theorem. It sometimes made me question the value of […]
By Nan Howard, GTA Instructor The students in my fall class were more skeptical than most, as more than half were foster youth or involved in the juvenile justice system. On the first day, when I introduced the premise that money is not about numbers, but about decisions, a few […]
We are almost there! Thank you to everyone who has given so far. On #GivingTuesday we raised $11,880: we are now less than $1,200 away from our goal! Donate today to get us to 100% before the end of the year. Learn more about our impact. On September 1st, Game Theory Academy […]
By Jasper Smith, GTA Instructor Another class is now in the books and I must say this one was much different than any other I’ve done thus far. I had yet another eclectic mix of students, which made each and every week a lovely adventure. I think the difference this […]
If you’re curious about how far your donation goes at GTA, you no longer have to spend hours wondering! Read below to learn how your gift supports youth opportunities. Make a donation today. A $1,000 donation funds bus tickets for 100 summer youth participants, so they can get to class on time. $750 funds […]
When Mission Asset Fund announced that it was seeking new Lending Circles providers for the Better Bay Area Initiative, the opportunity jumped out to us. Game Theory Academy’s Make Your Decisions Count course teaches youth the basics of building good money habits, helps them gain confidence in navigating the economy, […]
By GTA Instructor Andrew Goldstein Beep. Beep. Beep. You push snooze on the alarm clock for 15 minutes. And then another 15. By the time you wake up, you can no longer walk to work as you normally do. You leap out of bed, fix up a breakfast to go, […]
By Michele Thorne, GTA Instructor At some point during every cycle of GTA, I ask the group if anyone wants to give a quote and picture for the GTA social media pages. One of my more engaged students immediately volunteered. I asked if she wanted to do a video and […]
Game Theory Academy is thrilled to announce a new program for Bay Area youth: Lending Circles. Through a partnership with Mission Asset Fund, GTA organizes small groups of youth to lend money to each other, in the process practicing saving and financial planning habits. It’s called a social loan, and […]
