Parents' National Educational Union

The Parents' National Educational Union (abbreviated PNEU), founded in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1887 as the Parent's Educational Union, was an organisation providing resources and support for homeschoolers in the United Kingdom in accordance with the educational ideas of Charlotte Mason.[1] Mason was co-founder of PNEU together with Emeline Petrie Steinthal.[2] The word "National" was adopted as part of the name in 1890.

References

  1. ↑ Christina de Bellaigue, "Charlotte Mason, Home Education and the Parents’ National Educational Union in the Late Nineteenth Century", Oxford Review of Education, 41/4 (2015), pp. 501-517.
  2. ↑ Margaret A. Coombs, Charlotte Mason: Hidden Heritage and Educational Influence (Lutterworth Press, 2015), pp. 152-153.
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