Last night GTA attended the first ever Oakland Youth Friendly Business Awards, with Chef Yoni Levy of Flora, WOW Farm’s most loyal customer; Sara Wiehmann, the hardworking, unstoppable WOW Farm Manager; and Kassandra Johnson, youth farmer at WOW and a Met West High School Senior.
You may be shocked to learn what GTA students are willing to pay for the teacher’s wallet. This game jumpstarts important conversations about how we decide to spend our money – and who is willing to take risks in an unfair market. [vimeo=http://vimeo.com/29343438 &w=320&h=240] Filmed at Met West High School […]
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 […]
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 […]