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

FEW students of social problems to-day will question the general statement that the strength and sanctity of home life is still one of the most vital elements in the national fabric; and that the ...

A local educator who made her mark teaching home economics at Welsh High School was honored by her former students, friends ...

Although there has been a resurgence of interest in life skills and domestic housework education particularly among college students, home economics remains dwarfed by language arts, math, science and ...

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

Danielle Dreilinger's "The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live" is a fascinating history of the field and of the ...

Family and consumer science teacher Marcia Kreutner smiles Tuesday as seventh-grader Alexander Kriener, right, Landon Hemphill, middle, and John Mauren, back, ask how to get their “baby” — an infant ...

June 1. Western leases Clear Lake Camp for five years to conduct an experiment in camping education. Home economics education develops a general home economics major, a minor in clothing and a minor ...

This article is one of the winning submissions from the New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education. NYC high schools are failing their students—not academically, but practically.

HILLSDALE, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hillsdale College announces its newest online teaching series, “Supply-Side Economics and American Prosperity with Art Laffer.” The free teaching series, released ...