Just not a fan of that one, mm. No offense intended;^)

I knew the phase as a term of encouragement. She will need all of the encouragement she can get. And help.

And maybe expressions like "you go girl" will never be heard again. Hope springs eternal.

This dish will go well with one of my favorite cabernets, *Carnivor"

I really agree; at least, I hope that she does.

I didn't mean to conflate the two. In fact, at one point I did address that point. And it is by the way an essential point to make. DeVos, as I quoted here, spoke against public education per se in one brief remark. I can't answer your question for sure without checking further. I know she will not be SAYING that she opposes all public (tax supported) education...

Great comment. All of us who attended public schools were taught by people who made their living as government bureaucrats. Just a truism. Of course, their views varied greatly, many were married to businessmen, etc., but still...a definite bias, there...

One of the things that the anti-voucher people fail to realize is that the existence of a large number of school children with vouchers will represent a major new market for new schools to form. It isn't just a case of using them at the existing schools.

One can imagine turning the educational system upside down and having groups of teachers follow the model of doctors and lawyers and start a school where they hire the support staff. A side benefit of this would be teachers who were aware of free market principles and the need to be competitive -- it would be their 'practice', after all. This would undoubtedly have an effect on the lessons they taught.

This appears to conflate the issues of a) should gov't provide taxpayer-subsidized education for children and b) should it accomplish that by gov't owning and running schools. The article implies DeVos is against all taxpayer-subsidized education. Is that true?

She may not be able to get the "Education" system totally changed, but she will shake it up and shake it to its roots. . You go Girl.