Students from struggling economic backgrounds sent home with food for the weekend have improved test scores, study finds

Students from struggling economic backgrounds sent home with food for the weekend have improved test scores, study finds

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea When food banks work with schools to send children home with a backpack full of food over the weekend, they do better on reading and math tests, I found in a recent study. These effects are strongest for younger and low-performing

Freddie Mac launches new home renovation mortgage, here’s how to get one

Freddie Mac launches new home renovation mortgage, here’s how to get one

Freddie Mac announced a new loan product to help homeowners and homebuyers pay for home renovations. (iStock) Freddie Mac on Thursday introduced its new mortgage product, the CHOICEReno eXPress mortgage, which will allow homebuyers and homeowners to pay for home renovations by funding the project through their mortgage purchase or refinance.  Freddie Mac said this

Home Equity Loan or HELOC vs. Reverse Mortgage: How to Choose

Home Equity Loan or HELOC vs. Reverse Mortgage: How to Choose

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Here’s why it may be time for much-maligned home economics classes to make a comeback

Here’s why it may be time for much-maligned home economics classes to make a comeback

The oft-misunderstood field spans science and nutrition and promotes that cooking and cleaning is undervalued as a form of labor. Home economics has been a “back door for women to enter science” that turned into an “empire of jobs and influence,” Danielle Dreilinger writes in “The Secret History of Home Economics.” Home economists can be

China’s mortgage boycotts spread online with billions in home loans at stake

China’s mortgage boycotts spread online with billions in home loans at stake

Hundreds of thousands of homebuyers in at least 80 Chinese cities are refusing to pay their mortgages as property developers struggle to complete their building projects, signalling a new era of turbulence for China’s continued real estate crisis.  As of July 12, homebuyers in 22 Chinese cities had threatened to stop their mortgage payments over