Editor's note: This is the final installment in a five-part series of articles honoring retired educators for Teacher Appreciation Week. RUSSELLVILLE - An untold number of former students can ...

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 ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — For almost 70 years, teachers of family and consumer sciences — what used to be called home economics — have been gathering monthly in Cedar Rapids to exchange ideas and stay up to date ...

By Danielle Dreilinger Published by Norton, 348 pages, $27.95 Danielle Dreilinger’s “The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We ...

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, ...