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

The oft-misunderstood field spans science and nutrition and promotes that cooking and cleaning is undervalued as a form of labor. Home economics has been a “back door for women to enter science” that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Open Class Home Economics has nearly 300 opportunities for individuals from Morgan County and surrounding areas to enter. In fact, our Open Class Divisions are open to “the world” and it is not ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Bring back home ec. That’s the radical idea advocated by two leaders of ...

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 her new book, “The Secret History of Home Economics,” Danielle Dreilinger challenges common perceptions of a once-thriving profession. In her new book, “The Secret History of Home Economics: How ...

During my four years at an all-girls high school, I took a class on poetry and enrolled in an elective on military history. Sports practices and choir rehearsals filled after-school calendars; ...