[19][182] They married in 1979, and have four grown children: Rick, Elissa, Andrea, and Ryan. [98] On May 22, 2017, DeVos announced the Trump administration was offering "the most ambitious expansion" of school choice within American history. [112], In a January 2018 speech, Devos said that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) found that "60 percent of its teachers reported having moderate to no influence over the content and skills taught in their own classrooms." [151] DeVos is a former member of the board of the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd),[152] an education think tank founded by Jeb Bush, the chairman since 2015 of which has been former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and which has received donations from Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg and Eli Broad. Bill Ballenger, editor of the newsletter Inside Michigan Politics and a former Republican state senator, called DeVos "a good behind-the-scenes organizer and a good fund raiser" as well as "a true believer in core Republican issues that leave nobody in doubt on where she stands". [38][39], In a 1997 op-ed for Roll Call, DeVos wrote that she expects results from her political contributions. Dick DeVos is a major donor to conservative political campaigns and social causes,[179][180][181] and was the 2006 Republican nominee for Governor of Michigan. 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Then there are some nonprofit groups that get involved in elections but aren't required to disclose donors at all. [189] The 163-foot-long (50 m) vessel is one of ten yachts owned by her family, which has a net worth of $5.3 billion. The investigation into DeVry was not the only one stopped, others include those of Bridgepoint Education and Career Education Corporation. In some cases, groups that are required to report contributions receive donations from other groups  that are not required to do so  — meaning it can be all but impossible to know exactly who is contributing and how much they might be giving behind the scenes. [125], In September 2020, it was reported that the Office of the Special Counsel investigated DeVos over potential violations of the Hatch Act after she appeared on Fox News during the 2020 election campaign where she bashed democratic candidate Joe Biden. In mid-May 2018, The New York Times reported that under DeVos, the size of the team investigating abuses and fraud by for-profit colleges was reduced from about twelve members under the Obama administration to three, with their task also being scaled back to "processing student loan forgiveness applications and looking at smaller compliance cases". Nearly four years ago, DeVos, as she was being vetted by the U.S. Senate to become education secretary, said neither she nor her husband, Dick DeVos, would give to political campaigns, potentially robbing Republican campaigns and causes of a major source of contributions. This was the first time in U.S. history that a Cabinet nominee's confirmation was decided by the Vice President's tiebreaking vote. Richard M. DeVos, Sr. is an American business magnate and best known as the co-founder of Amway along with Jay Van Andel. [129], DeVos was listed for many years on IRS form Form 990s as the foundation's vice president (hitherto called the Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation). [55][56] Rebecca Mead of The New Yorker questioned the efficacy of Michigan's charter school system, which DeVos has supported. Regarding the withdrawal of the department's team, former Education Secretary Arne Duncan said, "That's a waste of taxpayer money. DeVos was unable to provide any actual examples of improvement, but stated there were "pockets" where schools had done better than public schools. According to The New York Times, a review of Neurocore's claims and interviews with medical experts suggest that the company's conclusions are unproven and its methods questionable. John James in his race against U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. In west Michigan, the Haworth family, whose fortune comes from the family's furniture business, contributed nearly $1.8 million, most of which — $1.5 million — went from Dick and Ethelyn Haworth to Americans for Prosperity Action.

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