Teachers in training were then taught the institutional history of American public school education, particularly as "an inevitable outcome of consensus forged by a democratic society".
The History of Education Society was founded as an independent organization in 1960, succeeding the Section.
Towards the end of the century, the education history field grew to include histories of the family, media, religion, race, ethnicity, class, gender, and educational opportunity.
[2] In 1988, the society affiliated with the International Standing Conference for the History of Education, which hosts annual meetings for the field around the world in conjunction with regional history of education societies.
[2] The History of Education Society holds its annual conferences in every region of the United States.