Michigan Abuse Case Spurs Homeschooling Debate

Democratic officials in Michigan are calling for more state oversight into homeschooling after authorities allege it was used as a cover to help conceal acts of child abuse—setting off a fierce debate over the government’s role in at-home education. The case in Clinton County, Michigan, involves two couples—Jerry and Tamal Flore and Tammy and Joel Brown—in what state Attorney General Dana Nessel described earlier this month as a conspiracy to profit from adopting nearly 30 children, some of whom they are accused of abusing, according to the Lansing State Journal. “The allegations in this matter are heinous and egregious,” said Jen Garrison Stuber, Advocacy Chair for the Washington Homeschool Organization....