Educational Departments were established a few years before the Educational Council; they were responsible for diffusing education among members of the PAC; for conducting culturally-educational work by organizing recitations and talks, by importing books, guides and publications from Poland, and by directing Polish schools; and for keeping steady and close contact with the Homeland. Anybody could become a member of an Educational Department, if he or she filled out the application and paid a membership fee of 10 cents per month.

It quickly became clear that the Educational Department became like another Branch with a specific character and was easily able to intervene in the work of the Alliance by creating propaganda that was not always in accordance with the PAC’s constitution.

As a result, at the VIII PAC General Assembly in 1937, the delegates decided to disband the Educational Departments and to establish the Educational Council. PAC members were taxed 25 cents per year for the needs of this organization. Having its own funds, the Educational Council began establishing Polish schools, creating uniform curricula, and organizing educational work among adults.

The outbreak of World War II halted the import of Polish language study guides, so Council members decided to publish 2000 copies of M. Falski’s elementary textbooks themselves. Meanwhile, Barbara Glogowska began working on study guides for Grade Two to Four, in Polish history and grammar, aimed at children born in Canada. Newsletters edited by Barbara Glogowska and programmed by the Teachers’ Conference in June 1943 were among the most important publications of the Educational Council. They were first known as School Newsletters and, later, as Teaching Newsletters, containing didactical and methodical articles, and a wide selection of poems, stories and performances for school celebrations.

In total, the Education Council published 16 newsletters by the end of 1948. In 1955, along with the Canada Polish Congress Educational Committee, the Council published Programs of Polish Schools in Canada. The Council’s work was wide-ranging and was not confined to the caretaking of the Alliance’s schools. “Travelling libraries,” English language courses, educational courses and recitations, meetings with interesting people, and scientific-educational film screenings were organized. In 1953, thanks to Educational Council Chairperson Zygmunt Zywert, the J.I. Paderewski Men’s Choir was formed and performed at national holidays, at its own “Evening of Polish Songs” concerts, and on Canadian radio shows – Canadians All and Songs of My People. In the same year, the Amateur Theatre Circle was established, and its members prepared several shows, popularizing plays by Fr. Zablocki, A. Fredra and G. Zapolska.

Many people sacrificed their free time to work for the Educational Council.  Among them were the following individuals: Irena Jorsak, Helena Jordan, Barbara Glogowska, Michalina Wolnik, Danuta Warszawska, Stanislaw F. Konopka, Franciszek Glogowski, Stanislaw Leszczynski, brothers Albert and Jesse Flis, Czeslaw Sadowski, and Ted Wisz.

At the XIX PAC General Assembly in 1959, it was decided to establish a PAC Scholarship Fund from a portion of membership fees set aside for the educational fund of the Educational Council.  Intending to increase the funds of the Fund, fundraisers, donations and other charitable activities were organized by PAC branches. Due to the growing sum of collected funds, an idea was formed in 1965 to transform the Scholarship Fund into a Foundation.  The PAC Head Executive Board assigned this task to Julian Dobranowski of Oshawa, who assembled an Organizational Committee that debated a name for the Foundation during three consecutive meetings.  Finally, the name “The Wladyslaw Reymont Foundation” (“The Reymont Foundation” for short) was chosen. Chester Smith was given the responsibility of obtaining a statute.  The organization was established on September 17, 1970.