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Summer 2010 at Game Theory Academy

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A recent issue of The Economist reported that the percentage of 16-24 year olds in the U.S who are neither in school nor employed has risen from 18% to 24% in the last two years. One in four young people hanging around with nothing to do! The recession continues to […]

GTA selected as CFED Innovative Idea

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innovation@cfed, an initiative of the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), identifies innovative concepts that expand economic opportunity and increases the visibility of solid concepts that have the potential to significantly impact economically vulnerable people. CFED is a national nonprofit dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for low-income families and communities and has […]

GTA partner Met West High featured in NY Times education blog

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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 […]

Seed Fund of RSF Social Finance

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Today GTA received a grant from the Seed Fund of RSF Social Finance. This interesting organization, whose work was inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, aims to transform the way the world works with money. We are so pleased to be supported by an institution whose mission is so […]

GTA alum quoted in NY Times

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GTA alum Amanze Eminke wrote a story about Black-on-Asian crime for New America Media that was noticed by the NY Times. Read his original story, “Inside Black-Asian Violence — It’s Not About Race” or his interview with the NY Times. Go Amanze! This is an important issue, and we’re so proud […]

Goodbye Interns

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Last day at GTA with the UC Berkeley econ interns. They’ve been a huge help, and we hope they stay in touch. Also today we’re having a recruiting meeting with alumni from 2009. The first class at the new office starts May 18th!

Q1 2010 – Spring Already!

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We had an incredible first quarter of the year.  Just today the two classes of seniors at Met West High School took their “economic decision making” final exam, and with the help of GTA’s amazing interns (two Econ majors at UC Berkeley) we graded all 30 exams in about 3 […]