It sounds a bit like a joke, but there’s a real answer: the Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act of 1917.

Many millennials who took a home economics class in middle or high school considered it to be boring and a waste of time. However, it’s a class that provided valuable information that we need to know ...

Senior Citali Palafox, 18, left Mission Oak High School on Friday as a first-time mother — but only for the weekend. Her new bundle of joy, Isabella, will go with her everywhere; to the store, to ...

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 ...

As I begin to prepare for next semester's classes, I consider what my students need to learn. What aspects of my class will prepare them for the real world? The educational system needs to do the same ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Bill Nemitz’s Press Herald column highlighting seamstress Kim Williams and ...