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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

When you think of home economics, familiar images might come to mind: baking an apple tart in school, the comforting scent of pastry filling the room, a 1950s housewife over a hot stove, or a nun ...