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Defining “fair” in the Trump era
By Nan Howard, Instructor On the first day of Game Theory Academy we always ask students if they think that the US economy is fair. Typically I get a variety of answers, students who believe that our...
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Willingness to pay: student habits translate to an economics lesson
By Jasper Smith, Instructor In case you didn’t know, Game Theory Academy puts a strong emphasis on understanding the basics of economics. With that, we expose the students to an array of...
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There’s More to Financial Capability than Information
Friends who graduated GTA together this spring. Please join me in welcoming Tim St. Louis to the Game Theory Academy team. He will be leading our curriculum and partnership development efforts over the...
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What’s MY strategy? Yoga mats or scholarships?
By Joanne da Luz, GTA Instructor “No! It’s not less expensive to try to get scholarships and donations. It’s costs me time!” This was how one of my students responded to another student’s suggestion...
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The Results are in: WOW Farm helps teens get jobs
In 2016 we embarked on a research project to determine if and how the WOW Farm Internship Program delivers on its goal to help teens develop skills that translate into achievement in the economic world...
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Game Theory students have ‘the talk’ with their parents about credit
By Jasper Smith, GTA Instructor I thoroughly enjoy teaching the students about money and predatory financial products because I know that our formal education system doesn’t teach such lessons. It’s...
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“It doesn’t matter how much money you have, but the decisions you make with it.”
By Isaak Brown, Instructor Most adults I know who’ve achieved some level of financial competency repeat one refrain over and over: I wish I had known this information when I was younger. But teenagers...
View ArticleJanuary 2019 Update
This month the first Game Theory Academy class of the year kicked off at Oakland International High, which serves newcomer refugee and immigrant students. As they adapt to the United States, strong...
View ArticleSummer of Opportunity
If you were 17 today, you’d be looking ahead at a long summer. No jobs, no fun, and no idea what school will feel like in the fall. Yet excitement is in the air as the youth-led movement to end police...
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