Oakland and San Francisco Public Schools, Among The Worst In The Nation, Decide To Have "Teach-Ins" About War On Iraq Public schools + California = "Let's teach children what we did to deserve terrorism." Our tax dollars are paying for this? California schools are horrid already, and Oakland schools are horrid for California. So when two hours of homework a night aren't helping, and teaching good old-fashioned math and spelling aren't working, they apparently have time to waste a day discussing war on Iraq. Article Here