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 ...

Many millennials who took a home economics class in middle or high school considered it to be boring and a waste of time. However, it’s a class that provided valuable information that we need to know ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is not your parents' home economics class. “In the past, schools’ home economics classes were centered on the concept that one family member is responsible for running a household," said ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — For almost 70 years, teachers of family and consumer sciences — what used to be called home economics — have been gathering monthly in Cedar Rapids to exchange ideas and stay up to date ...