CMP Review 2025-09-23

September 23, 2025

Did you know that Charlotte Mason’s PNEU continued to thrive for many years after Charlotte Mason’s death in 1923? For decades, new teachers were trained at the House of Education, which later became the Charlotte Mason College. And The Parents’ Review continued to explore and promote the Charlotte Mason method well beyond the year 1966, when its name was changed to The PNEU Journal.

I have enjoyed browsing The PNEU Journal from the 1960s and 1970s. The articles paint a fascinating picture of how a prior generation of teachers applied the Charlotte Mason method in a world that seems more like our own than that of the Victorians. I hope that with the help of our volunteer team we’ll be able to share more of these articles in the months to come.

One gem is from 1971. So often I talk to parents who are frustrated because a child won’t respond to a lesson the way he or she is “supposed to.” How do we handle situations like that in a way that respects both the individuality of the child and our belief in the Charlotte Mason method?

A House of Education graduate named Joyce Goldmanis faced such a situation. She knew she could not change her student. But she could change her approach. In doing so, she was able to awaken the love of learning. Find her story here.

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