Malhaz Jibladze

Malhaz Jibladze is a mentor teacher and online instructor for Foundation for Teaching Economics. He is currently an AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, and AP US Government teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, while concurrently pursuing a PhD in Economics at George Mason University.

Malhaz is a National Board-Certified Teacher, has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Government from the University of Texas at Austin, and has a Master of Arts in Curriculum Design and Instruction from Concordia University in Austin, TX.

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