The industrial kitchen displayed all the hectic activity of a reality TV cooking show. Chefs tended anxiously to their creations – “Do these bread crumbs look browned enough?” – and kept a watchful ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

Sessional lecturer, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy and co-adviser to Home Economics: Human Ecology and Everyday Life Master of Education graduate program, University of British Columbia ...

“Home ec.” The words conjure images of high school girls concocting muffins, stitching aprons, dutifully preparing for life as wives and mothers. Forget all that. In her revelatory new book “The ...