In 2025, they’d be lucky if they knew how to do their laundry. For decades, home economics was a staple in NYC public school education. Boomer-generation teenagers mastered the art of household ...

When I was in sixth grade, every school taught the girls home economics, and the boys were taught shop. I wanted to take shop—they did cool stuff like making bookshelves and changing car tires.

This undated photograph of a home economics class at DeForest Union Free High School was recently donated to our Historical Society. Knowing the names of the donor’s relatives, we were able to ...

US housing starts rose in February by more than forecast after a weather-related plunge, led by a pickup in single-family home construction underpinned by builder incentives. New residential ...

Question Our father needs nursing home care shortly and as a family we are deciding whether to go down the Fair Deal route or not. The numbers are complex and we are finding it confusing.

started doing more beauty maintenance at home and forgone treatments seen as more like luxuries, such as massages and facials. “My clients are starting to see layoffs, and they don’t know if ...

After a post-pandemic honeymoon, when many firms flirted with the idea of letting staff work from home for ever ... analysis of the biggest stories in economics, finance and markets, sign ...