The fun, fresh school curriculum includes dinner table discussion guides and practical “homework” designed to teach kids how to distribute household work fairly. Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images Mom-of-three ...

It sounds a bit like a joke, but there’s a real answer: the Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act of 1917.

In 1955, Young America Films, an educational and instructional video production company, released a nine-minute short simply titled, “Why Study Home Economics?” It opens on two high school-aged ...

Forget gourmet dinners for housewives to make -- today's high school home economics courses have enough of a challenge just teaching students to boil noodles and scramble eggs. Now a part of the ...

Departing from the stereotype of young women learning to cook and sew, Gen Z rewrites the story of home economics in high ...

I have to be honest with you, because it's been a little while since I sat in the home economics class in Tuakau College - so ...

How many times have you had to write a check or cook a simple dinner for yourself, and you didn’t know how to do it? Many students just graduating from high school face this situation daily and end up ...

Those readers whose memories of home economics class are dominated by muffin tins and sewing machines might be surprised to learn about Caroline Hunt, an early innovator in the field. Hunt had no ...