ALWAYS ON
Home Economics
Today at the usual hour we run a status check of the standards, codes, regulations and best practice literature for the safety and sustainability of facilities for teaching skills needed for supporting families; however they may be realized.
Home Economics Graduate Diploma
Wee summary by Aileen Sinclair, Home Economics teacher at Braes High School, about why teaching home economics is so important in Scots schools.
Fashion Technology
The apparel industry runs at the same scale as the energy industry and has best practice literature accumulated over centuries. Not every student is passionate about quantum algorithms or cleaning neural network data sets but wants to apply their talent to making the world a better place by making the world a more beautiful place. About 50 miles due east of the University of Michigan campus, on the Canadian side of the Detroit River, resides a world class program.
Quadrivium: Spring
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Food Safety
Schools, colleges, universities (residence halls, athletic venues, hospitals, etc.) have significant food preparation and serving enterprises. NSF International -- founded at the University of Michigan in 1948 -- is one of the first names in the food safety domain. Standards setting committee meetings are hosted online frequently and open to the public.
Current Issues & Recent Research
Today at the usual hour we summarize the highlights of events and decisions made at the I&CPS Conference in Lexington, Kentucky last week. We always schedule it the week ahead of Mother's Day; our 62nd year.
Commercial Kitchens
Commercial kitchens are efficient food preparation operations and are heavily regulated. Along with professional-grade equipment and ample space there are rigorous cleaning protocols and inspections of high-temperature equipment and ventilation systems. Today we examine the Complete Monograph of the Public Comment Agenda resulting from the Public Comment Hearings April 19-28 in Hartford Connecticut.