GATESVILLE — Copperas Cove ISD has 62 students who have entered more than 100 categories in the Coryell County Fair that opened on Tuesday. 4-H and FFA members entered various projects in began ...

Open Home Economics categories included the following: Needlework, Quilting, Knitting, Crocheting, Tatting, Spinning and Weaving, Food Preservation, Baked Foods, Adults Fine Arts, Junior Fine Arts, ...

Along with the traditional sewing and baking entries, large-scale welding projects are being judged in the Home Economics competition at this year’s Ramona Junior Fair. Two of the welders in the ...

At a high school in rural Center Ridge, Arkansas, students walked into a classroom and stepped into someone else’s shoes. Klair Jordan, then a 9th grade student, was playing the role of a single ...

In her new book, “The Secret History of Home Economics,” Danielle Dreilinger challenges common perceptions of a once-thriving profession. In her new book, “The Secret History of Home Economics: How ...

Although there has been a resurgence of interest in life skills and domestic housework education particularly among college students, home economics remains dwarfed by language arts, math, science and ...

“Home ec.” The words conjure images of high school girls concocting muffins, stitching aprons, dutifully preparing for life as wives and mothers. Forget all that. In her revelatory new book “The ...