Federal File

A seminar on diversity for Department of Education employees has come under fire for containing politically charged remarks.

The seminar's presenter, Jane Elliot, allegedly referred to Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, both Republicans, as racists, and advised the estimated 150 employees in attendance not to support the Texas governor's presidential campaign.

The March 8 seminar, "How Children Become Prejudiced," was a voluntary event and part of an ongoing dialogue on race relations, said Education Department spokeswoman Erica Lepping. Ms. Elliot, a former teacher, gained national recognition in the late 1960s for a lesson she taught on discrimination in which she grouped her 3rd grade students...