From Scott Pruitt to Thing T. Thing, this week has been another doozy. Thanks to everyone who sent in stories for the weekly roundup.

Want to understand educational culture wars? Start with the Addams Family Goes to School. HT: JN.

Teacher strikes sweeping down the plains?

• Oklahoma teachers plan to copy West Virginia, at KTUL.
• Arizona teachers get angry, too. At AP.

Head of EPA warns about Islam and evolution, at Politico.

• Does this mean he’s out of the mainstream? At ILYBYGTH.

What real school reform looks like, at TLFM.

American Stalinism is back, says Andrew Bacevich at AC.

Loving power, tolerating Trump: Concerned Women for America’s “Esther Moment,” at R&P.

Creationism and “hate speech” in Oklahoma: Ken Ham talks at university after all, at RNS.

• Was this Christian love? Or something else? At ILYBYGTH.

White nationalism in the teachers’ lounge:

• Florida teacher accused of secret racist life, at CNN.
• She says it was “political satire,” at NYT.
• Do teachers have the right to offensive political speech? At ILYBYGTH.

Life as a closeted conservative academic, at AC.

Campus Christian group wins reinstatement in Detroit, at CT.

Town government quits after losing the mayor’s office in polygamous town, at RNS.

Set your clocks to stupid: Why 100 years of Daylight Savings Time have been a flop, at RCS.

Remember those clocks! C. 1956.

Is your top cardiologist out of town? Good—your chances of survival just went up, at CHE.

Why did white evangelicals jump for Trump? Michael Gerson says they “lost their interest in decency, [they] . . . became defined by resentment.” At Atlantic. HT: DL.

• Sounds just about right, but it’s missing one important thing, at ILYBYGTH.