Not a candidate diary.
In one of the West Texas school districts (Ector County), since 2005, students were taught "the story of the creation, the life of Noah and his ark" according to the Bible as literally accurate historical descriptions. I don't think it made any news then.
However, now New York Times covers the story because several brave parents with some help from ACLU (Moreno v. Ector School County Board) sued the district and forced it to settle.
I think it is rather depressing that in these days, even such a small (and somewhat ambiguous - see below) victory of law and reason over [I don't even know what to call that thing] has to be regarded as important news and covered by the New York Times.