In Arkansas, Gov.-Elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders is turning to the Ron DeSantis playbook for public education, announcing that she will be nominating Florida education official Juan Oliva to head the Arkansas Department of Education. Sanders, the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and a former White House press secretary in the Trump Administration, is promising to use Oliva to “transform” education in Arkansas. And critics of DeSantis fear that the transformation won’t be a positive one for Arkansas teachers and schoolchildren. Since 2017, Oliva has been serving as senior chancellor…
