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 ...

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 ...

How many times have you had to write a check or cook a simple dinner for yourself, and you didn’t know how to do it? Many students just graduating from high school face this situation daily and end up ...

Regarding Barbara Spindel’s review of Danielle Dreilinger’s “The Secret History of Home Economics” (Bookshelf, May 3): I have interacted with many young adults and frequently lamented the demise of ...

Family and consumer science teacher Marcia Kreutner smiles Tuesday as seventh-grader Alexander Kriener, right, Landon Hemphill, middle, and John Mauren, back, ask how to get their “baby” — an infant ...