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 ...

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 ...

She's in her 53rd year of teaching and is continuing to show students the importance of learning basic life skills through a ...

Students Owen Hockenberry, left, and Nicholas Hooper sand a card box they are making in a technology education class at Burgettstown High School on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Girls learned how to thread ...

A home economics class teaches important life skills, but fewer schools are teaching them. Bloomfield High School has found a way to make it relevant and have it make a huge influence.

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The phrase “home economics,” or “home ec,” is almost synonymous with the 1960s, sewing machines and casserole dishes. Even though the premise of the course was to teach life and traditional home ...

If you took a home economics class in high school, then you know "adulting" takes a little practice. Like art and science, it's something you need to study up on so you know what items to look for in ...

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A new class on cooking, cleaning and budgeting could be coming to West Virginia schools under a bill passed by the Senate. Lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved the ...

HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — Middle school students in a Virginia home economics class were mistakenly given a worksheet that quizzed them on what an extramarital affair is as well as "boy toy" and "trophy ...