MONDAY I teach home economics at the all-boys St Joseph's College, Garbally in Ballinasloe, Co Galway. I knew I was in for a challenge when I applied for this position four years ago. It involved ...

Home economics is missing in high schools. I noticed my school and many others around me don’t offer home economics as a course. There are schools that still offer home economics, or family and ...

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 ...

When you think of home economics, familiar images might come to mind: baking an apple tart in school, the comforting scent of pastry filling the room, a 1950s housewife over a hot stove, or a nun ...

In 1955, Young America Films, an educational and instructional video production company, released a nine-minute short simply titled, “Why Study Home Economics?” It opens on two high school-aged ...

Claire O'Mahony collects the expert tips to get your house in order… Hotelier Francis Brennan. Photo: Don MacMonagle Organised wardrobe Ailsi Madden Darina Allen at the Ballymaloe Cookery School.

HOME economics is key to tackling the climate crisis — and a boom in teachers is needed for the fight, a union boss claimed. EIS president Bill Ramsay said it is vital children learn how to cook so ...

Sandra Cleary has been teaching Home Economics for 33 Years in Dublin's Institute of Education. She was a guest on Drivetime Study Hub where she gave some top tips and here she has LOTS of great notes ...

Sandra Cleary from Grinds 360 is here with LOTS of great resources to help students with this summer's Home Economics Exam. She was a guest on Study Hub 2025 - press play to watch her contribution now ...

I've been working through a lot of financial decisions lately (new house, new car, getting a solid retirement fund really going, new kids, etc.) and like any good geek, I've been reading everything I ...