Just a few weeks ago, Michele’s Oakland class was working on a budget case study. As she was explaining the importance of budgeting, specifically how to meet a savings goal, one student offered what turned out to be an all-too-real peek into the complex financial decisions he is facing… This […]
This youth-produced rap video won US Bank’s “Lights, Camera, Save” contest. “Before you start to dance and before you start to rave, just remember that to spend, you got to learn to save.” Very clever, winners! [youtube=http://youtu.be/1bCtjy9QOxM &w=320&h=240]
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:
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]