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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Chairman Mr. Ugbaja Ejike has raised the alarm over the extinction of Home Economics in schools across the country. He called for the inclusion of ...