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 ...

Forget gourmet dinners for housewives to make -- today's high school home economics courses have enough of a challenge just teaching students to boil noodles and scramble eggs. Now a part of the ...

Departing from the stereotype of young women learning to cook and sew, Gen Z rewrites the story of home economics in high school. Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, the student ...

Long, long ago, in a land without cell phones, iPads, internet, social media, or really good takeout, Southern girls took Home Ec (as in Home Economics). And while it was likely the aim of school ...