Wake up. Brush teeth. Get ready. Get a bite of breakfast. Go to school. This is the basic routine for kids around the world. Going to school is necessary in order to be educated in writing, reading, ...

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 ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Natalie Brandon has no doubt that her Life 101 class at Concordia Lutheran High School helped her get a job at Pizza Hut. The class prepared her to dress for an interview and ...

At a high school in rural Center Ridge, Arkansas, students walked into a classroom and stepped into someone else’s shoes. Klair Jordan, then a 9th grade student, was playing the role of a single ...

Students in Kayla Correll's culinary arts class prepare dishes for an event they will cater. Think about the term “home economics.” You might picture a class of high school girls back in the day, ...

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.

Jennifer Brady receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Change Lab Action Research Initiative, and the Canadian Home Economics Foundation. Lindsey MacCallum receives ...

Balancing checkbooks? Cooking healthy food? Raising kids and diapering babies? Building healthy friendships? A lot of those basic skills we call "adulting"? There used to be a name for the class that ...

One of the things that Steven Leake was taught at home — and was reinforced in home economics — was how to make biscuit dough. Not just to fill their bellies, but to stretch the food budget. “Mom ...

Regarding Barbara Spindel’s review of Danielle Dreilinger’s “The Secret History of Home Economics” (Bookshelf, May 3): I have interacted with many young adults and frequently lamented the demise of ...

The American diet is in bad shape. Fewer than 12% of adults eat the USDA’s recommended daily 1.5-2 cups of fruit, and only 10% meet the recommended 2-3 cups of vegetables. Despite a brief uptick in ...