The confirmation of billionaire school choice advocate Betsy DeVos as education secretary this week is not going over well, particularly with 'liberal' parents who have expressed their opposition on social media by threatening to homeschool their children.

But that reaction is 'layered with paradox', according to one NBC report, as DeVos herself is a big proponent of the homeschool movement.

Ironically, her emphasis on school choice is a natural fit for homeschool advocates, who are largely conservative Christians and resist government oversight.

Betsy DeVos was confirmed as education secretary on Tuesday in a historic vote and parents took to social media to voice their opposition, threatening to homeschool their children. But DeVos is a big proponent of the homeschool movement, advocating for 'school choice'

NBC reports that an estimated 1.8 million children were homeschooled in 2012, up from 850,000 three years earlier.

And with that growing popularity, the movement has become legal in every state.

Each state differs in terms of regulations and curriculum and the movement has not come without scrutiny or controversy.

But with DeVos as head of the Education Department, homeschooling could gain more traction.

The Senate confirmed DeVos as education secretary on Tuesday by the narrowest of margins, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie in a historic vote.

The wealthy Republican donor has faced criticism, even ridicule for her stumbles and confusion during her confirmation hearing and scathing criticism from teachers’ unions and civil rights activists over her support of charter schools and her conservative religious beliefs.

Her opponents also charge that she has no experience to run public schools, having never attended one or sent her children to a public school.

But President Donald Trump remained uncompromising and accused Democrats of seeking to torpedo education progress.

DeVos has provided few details about her policy agenda, but she is sure to have a busy job.

She will have to weigh in on the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act and possibly undo some of the previous administration’s regulation initiatives on school accountability and spending, which have been criticized by Republicans as federal overreach. Rules on such things as accountability have already been on hold.

She will have to address several issues in higher education, such as rising tuition costs, growing student debt and the troubled for-profit colleges, many of which have closed down, leaving students with huge loans and without a good education or job prospects.