Editor's note: This is the final installment in a five-part series of articles honoring retired educators for Teacher Appreciation Week. RUSSELLVILLE - An untold number of former students can ...

A brand new home economics and technology teacher education degree developed by DCU and TUS has welcomed students for the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — For almost 70 years, teachers of family and consumer sciences — what used to be called home economics — have been gathering monthly in Cedar Rapids to exchange ideas and stay up to date ...

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 ...

FEW students of social problems to-day will question the general statement that the strength and sanctity of home life is still one of the most vital elements in the national fabric; and that 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, ...

Mary Kay O’Connor’s days of teaching at Bellwood-Antis High School are over, but she plans to keep on teaching. O’Connor, 59, of Duncansville recently retired from Bellwood-Antis, where she spent 32 ...

Danielle Dreilinger's "The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live" is a fascinating history of the field and of the ...