Last year the Arlington Heights Elementary District School Board decided to get rid of its Home Economics curriculum. It joined a growing number of other districts around the country that have either ...

The fun, fresh school curriculum includes dinner table discussion guides and practical “homework” designed to teach kids how to distribute household work fairly. Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images Mom-of-three ...

Go back, through a universe of chalk dust and repeating bells, to a classroom outfitted with a line of squat stoves, a long table stacked with dry goods, a row of teenage girls mixing dough in dented ...

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 ...

LOWELL -- After decades as a curriculum staple at Lowell High School, the family and consumer science program, also known as home economics, has bit the dust. At the recommendation of Superintendent ...

Jennifer Brady receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Change Lab Action Research Initiative, and the Canadian Home Economics Foundation. Lindsey MacCallum receives ...