The other two commissions addressed curriculum towards the needs of democracy and students, and teaching materials to serve children's psychological needs.
The Association for the Advancement of Progressive Education was founded[1] in early 1919 by a group of wealthy Washington women and staff from private and public schools to bring progressive education to public schools across the United States.
Headmasters of small, private, high social class schools guided the organization through the twenties.
The Commission on Human Relations (1935–1942) reported on teaching materials to serve children's psychological needs in six volumes.
The group renamed as the American Education Fellowship in 1947, which was meant to reflect their expanded purpose and international reach.
They could not, however, reconcile the opposed factions of their membership: those who either sought radical social change or practical school reform.